Nigeria, April 8 -- There was a BBC News story in February that caught me between laughter and bemusement. The news channel reported, in very strong language matched only by the alarming reactions of the persons interviewed, a spate of stabbings across parts of south London that left at least one dead.
It's sad that anyone should take the law into their own hands, and sadder still that even one innocent person should suffer injury or die from such senseless attacks.
One of the law enforcement officers interviewed, Ade Adelekan, obviously with Nigerian roots, described the south London incidents as "shocking" and went on to say that the "absolutely horrific news would devastate our community."
In comparison with what has been happening in...