Mass Kidnappings Bankrupting Nigerian Churches; Catholic Seminary Is Latest Target

Three seminarians at the St. Albert the Great Catholic Institute and Seminary in Kaduna, Nigeria, just after their release by kidnappers on Oct. 14, 2021. Screenshot from video posted by St. Albert the Great Institute/The Epoch Times

KADUNA, Nigeria—Nigeria’s pandemic of kidnapping for ransom is bankrupting church communities in the nation’s northern states, and despite vows from police to remedy the problem, there’s no end in sight.

In the most recent kidnapping, a gang believed to be Fulani militants struck a Catholic seminary on Oct. 11.