When President Muhammadu Buhari made the first trip to Morocco by a Nigerian head of state last June, he was received with great pomp by King Mohammed VI at the airport in Rabat. The pair waved as they were driven past cheering crowds to the royal palace. A Nigerian government statement noted how
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