The remaining 29 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna state have been released.
One of the parents, Malam Usman Abdullahi Tumburke, confirmed their release to Blueprint on Wednesday evening.
The released students were part of 39 students kidnapped whisked away by gunmen from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna about two months ago.
About a month ago, 10 of them were released in two batches of five each.
But the remaining 29 continued to languish in captivity until Wednesday when they were finally freed to join their parents and families.
Though details were sketchy as to how much ransom was paid to secure their release, reports suggested that the release was facilitated by the Sheikh Abubakar Gumi dialogue committee with the support of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The kidnappers had initially demanded a N500 million ransom from the Kaduna state government in a viral video that showed them maltreating and flogging the students to press home their demand but Governor Nasir el-Rufai ruled out the option of negotiation with the bandits.
