Nigeria, July 3 -- Three highbrow resignations of recent are those of the presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale; the NNPC Limited spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye, and now the chairman of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. If you asked, you would most likely be told by a cross-section of our people that the reasons given by the threesome for their resignation were suspect!

Public officers - and these include politicians - be they elected or appointed - hardly resign here on their own volition. Whenever they quit office, it is most likely they were forced to do so. Many get fired just like that! They get to hear the announcement on the radio while at home cuddling their wife; on the way to or from of...