Although Pius Adesanmi criticised me, he was not my enemy

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has joined other Nigerians to mourn fiercely brilliant scholar, Prof. Pius Adesanmi, who died in the recent Ethiopian Airline plane crash in which none of the 157 people on board survived.
Apart from the fact that tributes for him have continued to flood the Internet, two programmes held in his honour on Wednesday – one in Ibadan, the other in Abuja.
At the Abuja event that involved a procession, tributes and readings, Saraki, who was in attendance, saluted Adesanmi, saying the fact that he criticised him in his articles did not mean that they were enemies.
Saraki was quoted by ‘The Cable’ as saying, “As I was leaving my house somebody said, ‘Sir, do you know that he was very critical of you?’ I said we are not enemies, we share different views and we must appreciate his talent. He had his views, he had his thought about some of us.
“We can learn from some of those things and that is why I came here to join you and appreciate those that are good ambassadors of this country. His wife and his daughter, let them know that their father and husband did not die in vain. I’m here to give him that respect.”