Nigeria, April 11 -- By all accounts, Nigeria is bleeding-and not just from the gaping wounds of economic collapse and bad governance. A more sinister cancer is spreading like wildfire across the country, cloaked in the garb of "tradition" and "culture," but dripping with the blood of innocent lives: the unchecked menace of native doctors aiding and abetting ritual killings, blood money practices, and the emboldening of criminals. While some look the other way, Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has drawn a line in the sand. He is not playing footsie with evil.

It's high time other state governors and the Federal Government took a cue from Soludo's iron-fisted approach. This is not just a local problem-it's a national emergency. T...