In 2015, I went to Nigeria to serve as a an accredited foreign observer with @IRIglobal. Of the many things were were looking for, voting irregularities was one.

In the city of Kaduna, 2+ hours north of Abuja, we spent 2 days visiting polling places in advance, meeting with election and law enforcement officials, and spend all election visiting polling sites.

Lines were long, in a baking heat, but voters were in good spirits. Nowhere, in any of the polling places we visited (my favorite was Mr Bigg's) did we see any fraudulent activity.

And despite warnings of potential violence - and being issued personal security (thanks Daniel and Salawhu!) people were great.

Counting of ballots began, outdoors, at night. But the precess worked. Fraud that would overturn the results did not happen.

And one of the surest ways to know that: the incumbent lost. When the incumbent loses, it's pretty clear that's because it's what the voters wanted, not fraud.

It's just a tough argument to make that massive fraud was aided and abetted by the party of the incumbent who lost. Trump knows how to cheat systems, how did he fail to rig the election his way or prevent it from happening the other way? Because it didn't happen.

Any time I speak to someone from Nigeria (it happens more often than I would have thought), they say how much they love America. I do wonder how they view things now that our president refuses to accept the results and sends the signal that we may not live up to our own ideals.

This is just not about what happens in a particular state or county. The world is watching.

I hope we can remain as example for the world, as Nigeria's elections potentially showed the way for other African nations. I wrote about it here - https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/04/17/nigerias-election-could-serve-as-model-for-other-african-nations/

Anyway, Nigeria is a fascinating place. The people and the experience were unforgettable. Thanks again @IRIglobal.