Adesanmi, who was referred to as a friend of the University of
Ibadan's Institute of African Studies, probably foretold his departure
from this realm in his ever last Facebook post.
Many people within and outside university who participated in the
march testified that Pius Adesanmi lived as a sage despite his young
years.
Professor Ademola Dasylva, the Dean of Faculty of Arts celebrated
Adesanmi's exploits as a young professor, describing his passing as "a great loss to everyone, to Nigeria, to Africa and to the world".
While lamenting the “executive murder” of his friend by the Boeing
airplane, Professor Aderemi Raji-Oyelade reflected that it was quite
unfortunate that Adesanmi fell victim to the failures and mediocrity
which he often criticized.
Barrister Femi Aborisade, who rounded off at the point of lighting
the candles, said he was mourning Adesanmi regrettably because he had
met the Kogi-born scholar only once before the accident that claimed his
life. He, however, remarked that Adesanmi resolutely and consistently
stood for the masses, an act which he said is worthy of emulation.
Adesanmi’s writings live on even as he predicted in one of his posts: "A
thousand years from now, archaeologists would be interested in how some
people called Nigerians lived in the 20th and 21st centuries. If they
did and excavate, I am hoping that fragments of my writings survive to
point them to the fact that not all of them accepted to live as slaves."
Pius Adesanmi studied for a master's degree in French from the University of Ibadan in 1998.
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