The second United States Presidential debate between Republican and Democratic Party candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton which was moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s Martha Raddatz, has just been concluded and it was certainly much more insightful than the first.

Insightful not only into some of the workings of the United States as a real country (divorced from the Hollywood portrayal), but also into just how far politicians will go in a bid to get their day in office. With Donald Trump going as far as to line up the women who have accused his adversary’s spouse of abuse and Hillary Clinton making the most inciting comments about Donald’s relationships with known and unknown figures. We can go all day trying pick out bits and pieces of the debate in a bid to decide the better candidate based on the just concluded debate; something that makes us feel sad for those undecided American voters. We won’t. Instead, below we explain five important things we can definitively hold on to from the events that have just unfolded from the Washington University in St. Louis.

1. Taking the threats seriously

This one is something we are not too proud of right now, but the American public can learn a lot from the Nigerian situation. Just days ago, the State Security Service, controlled by the Nigerian President, took upon itself the unconstitutional and clearly illegal task of clamping down on members of the bench who allegedly have been complicit in corrupt activities. There’s been an uproar but if we had been paying close attention, we might have detected this and maybe even been able to avoid it.

The President had on more than one occasion in the past, made allusion to how the judiciary had been acting as a clog in the wheel of his anti-corruption campaign. In hindsight, they were really strong messages that we could have taken hints from but we didn’t and now these unlawful operations have happened.

From this debate, the world can glean what harm might come Hillary Clinton’s way if Donald Trump wins. He categorically made promises about how he’d ensure that his Attorney-General will go after and jail Mrs. Clinton based on the email scandal she’s been embroiled in for months now. In fact he promised that if he were already President, she’d “be in jail”.

Threats of this nature are real and should be taken very seriously if a country’s democracy means anything to it. We know this now in Nigeria; the Americans should too.

2. Entertainment plays a great role

Anyone who watched the debate tonight after having watched any of the satirical skits, videos, memes and pictures that have been in circulation for a while now cannot deny how much of that entertainment has actually seeped into their minds to inform how the candidates are now perceived.

It’s all fun until you cannot separate Hillary Clinton’s face from Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin is who you see when you watch Trump speak. Thanks SNL!

3. These debates might not actually matter

For one, people watching are already biased in favour of a candidate anyway and if all they are going to do is pick on each other’s pasts and tell flat out lies, what are these debates worth then?

4. Hillary is flat out funny!

Besides all the random and on the spot clapbacks she gave Trump throughout the debate and her constant harping about everyone checking out her hillaryclinton.com, this candid says a lot about what she really thinks of Trump. Too hilarious!

5. Mutual admiration is a very important factor

When the last audience member at the town hall style debate asked the candidates to name one positive quality in their opponent, Mrs. Clinton answered quickly saying his children. “I respect his children,” she said. “His children are incredibly able and devoted and I think that says a lot about Donald. I don’t agree with nearly anything else he says or does, but I do respect that.” Trump returned the compliment admiring her ‘never-quitting’ stance on life. “She doesn’t quit. She doesn’t give up. I respect that.”

This is extremely important because it was the most impromptu test of how each of the candidates will work alongside people with very different (and sometimes, vehemently so) outlooks than them. It is essentially the most difficult presidential task. We see it unfolding here in Nigeria where our leaders, even when their own plans obviously don’t seem to be working, cannot put aside the rhetoric and hateful divide and simply take what’s tested and true from the other camp and put to good use in their own administration.