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 is no end in sight. In the most recent kidnapping, a gang believed to be Fulani militants struck a Catholic seminary on Oct. 11. The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) estimates that Nigeria has suffered more than 4,500 kidnappings this year, according to Kyle Abts, ICON executive director. “ICON estimates that the average ransom is about US$10,000 each and that of the 4,500 kidnappings more than 2,500 have been perpetrated this year specifically targeting Christians,” Abts told The Epoch Times. “That means there has been over $25 million paid,” Abts said. “This leaves the Christian community suffering both financially, physically, but also spiritually. The impact of kidnappings and ransom payments is impoverishing these local communities so that they are unable to pay local pastors, …