Nigeria, March 11 -- Perhaps the most important political event, this week in Nigeria, so far, nobody knows if there would be a free-for-all fight in Rivers state tomorrow, or some melodrama in Osun state or elsewhere, before the week runs out - is the announced defection of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai from the All Progressives Congress party (APC) to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a signed statement dated March 10, 2025, El-Rufai says "at this point in my political journey, I have come to the conclusion that I must seek another political platform for the pursuit of the progressive values I cherish". In plain terms, he no longer finds the APC useful, the same party which he had thought he would continue "to align (with) up to the time I ...