Saraki Attends Candlelight Sit-Out In Honour Of Pius Adesanmi

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has attended a candlelight sit-out organised by friends of Prof. Pius Adesanmi who died last Sunday in a plane crash in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The gathering began at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday at the Unity Fountain, Abuja, in memory of Adesanmi.

The sit-out is part of a 7-day event in honour of the late writer and scholar.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Saraki wrote: “President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, at a Candlelight Sit-Out organized by friends of Prof. Pius Adesanmi at Unity Fountain, Abuja.”

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President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, at a Candlelight Sit-Out organized by friends of Prof. Pius Adesanmi at Unity Fountain, Abuja.

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Until his death, Adesanmi was a professor of English at Carleton University in Canada.

Another Nigerian, Ambassador Abiodun Bashua, died in the crash.