Nigeria, May 24 -- I have listened to ordinary Nigerians complain bitterly about bad roads, unpaid salaries, collapsing schools, insecurity, hunger, and hospitals that look more like abandoned buildings than places of healing. I have watched young graduates roam the streets for years in search of jobs that never come. I have seen parents sell their belongings just to keep their children in school. Yet, in the middle of all this suffering, the same political culture that helped create these problems continues to reward individuals facing serious allegations of corruption and abuse of office with fresh opportunities to seek power again.

Honestly, it is difficult not to feel angry.

There is something deeply painful about seeing politician...