Fubara: How (not) to deal with a political godfather, by Andrew Agbese In the year 2019, Malam Nasir El-rufai, after winning the governorship election in Kaduna State, declared publicly that he has triumphed over godfatherism by retiring four political godfathers in his state. It was a claim that resonated with the politics of that period as there were pockets of infighting between those helped into elective positions (godsons) by certain men and women of influence (godfathers). A proper scrutiny of the claim by El-rufai would however reveal that the then governor, probably...