How kidnappings are hitting Nigeria’s Borno families hard

Maiduguri, Nigeria – When Musa Abdullahi Wakawa learned that his wife and seven-year-old son had been abducted, disbelief quickly gave way to fear.

Then came the question confronting many families caught in Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis: How could he raise the ransom demanded for their release?

For days, Musa searched for a way to bring his family home, confronting the finan...