Abductors of six students and two staff of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic in Zaria Kaduna State, have released their victims almost one month after they were kidnapped on 11 June.
According to a report by Channels TV, they were released on Thursday night.
The Public Relations Officer of the polytechnic, Abdullahi Shehu, said the kidnapped students and staff regained their freedom after their parents and relatives negotiated with the bandits.
He, however, did not say specifically if any ransom was paid or not.
It would be recalled that gun weilding bandits had on June 11 kidnapped the students and staff from their hostels and quarters respectively.
One student was also killed during the attack.