Is Governor el-Rufai saying that the presence of Nigerians as monitors in the elections of sister African countries amounts to a challenge to their respective sovereignties? Besides, weren’t these the same observers that Governor el-Rufai had welcome with open arms while he was in the opposition? Our extrapolation from this episode is that Governor el-Rufai sadly allowed his loyalty to the Buhari administration to becloud his judgment. If Governor el-Rufai put loyalty before judgment on Wednesday, he did not cover himself in glory the following day, Thursday February 7, when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily programme. That, and the governor’s nascent proclivity for calling it as it is only when it aligns with his political preference.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 10, 2019 23:27 UTC