By our reporter| 14 students of Greenfield University in Kaduna abducted by bandits from their hostels on April 20 have been released.
They were released on Saturday afternoon at a location along the Kaduna- Abuja highway.
The Chairman of the Parents Forum, Markus Zarmai, and few others were expected to receive the students at the drop-off location.
Although, the government and police authorities are yet to confirm the development, the parents of the abducted students said that they paid ransom, in addition to providing eight new motorcycles to the kidnappers before they agreed to release their children.
The bandits had on April 23, killed three of the abducted students and dropped their bodies in Kwanan Bature village, a location close to the university.
They killed additional two students three days later.
At a meeting held in Kaduna in April, parents of the students appealed to the government and public to help with the N800 million ransom demand from the kidnappers but the Kaduna state government ruled out negotiations with the bandits.
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