Just heard on radio Nigeria rite now. And they are being driven to Govt house. Tank God more reports 2 come later

Thank God!

And that's the independent's day present we've been waiting for. Perfect timing i must say.

daylae:

And that's the independent's day present we've been waiting for. Perfect timing i must say.

i agree.suspiciously so, lets just thank God all the same

i suspect that as usual, ransom was paid

aaah thank God, i was so worried bout the whole situation

YAY!
Now the army can go on a rampage and kill all those armed robbers

Let the celebration begin.

Thank God.Jst read it on bbc

Finally to God be the Glory.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11450818

Nice end to a shameful tale

The criminals should now be fished out and crushed mercilessly.

Abagworo:

The criminals should now be fished out and crushed mercilessly.

for naija.

Heard it on BBC dis morning. Thank God. But d kidnapas will definately not go unpunished 4 putting those innocent souls through such ordeal.

Commissioner says no arrest has been made, and he thinks no ransom has been paid, but the kids were "rescued" from a forest hideout===bullox!

of cos, the rightfully bothered parents must have dropped some ### for the kids to get released.

the part i found most shameful is that the government still have close to 5000 soldiers on ground in Aba, plus hundreds of police and mobile policemen, and still, their joint effort cannot smoke out a few handy guys involved in the kidnap plot, so much for intelligence i must say!

Thank God for that.I think they should effect the release of the female corpers held 4 serving their fatherland 2 so d joy wud be complete.

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Kidnapped Nigeria children freed in police operation
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A group of 15 children kidnapped in Nigeria's Abia state earlier this week has been released, say police.

They were rescued by security forces from a forest hideout, Commissioner Jonathan Johnson told the BBC.

Armed men seized the children from a school bus in the town of Aba on Monday - they demanded a ransom of $130,000 (£81,500) but later lowered the amount.
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Mr Johnson told Reuters no arrests had been made and he was not aware that any ransom money had been paid.

The children, who were aged between three and 10 years old, were rescued from a hideout in the forest in Ogwe-Asa in a joint military operation, he said.

They are in police custody and will be returned to their parents later in the day.

The BBC's Fidelis Mbah in Abuja says some 5,000 extra soldiers have been deployed to the area to prevent the kidnappers from escaping.
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The government will not allow a few disgruntled elements in criminal garb to hold the entire state hostage”

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There are roadblocks in Aba city centre and many shops and businesses which had shut down following the abduction, fearing further attacks, remain closed, says our correspondent.
'Gold-diggers'

The governor of Abia state, Theodore Orji, had in recent weeks offered the gang leaders an amnesty in return for giving up weapons, but on Friday he said it was cancelled.

"These kidnappers are mere gold-diggers, whose resolution and trade ambition is to make easy money and to secure the betterment of themselves alone," he said.

"The government will not allow a few disgruntled elements in criminal garb to hold the entire state hostage.

"Government has been challenged, and we have decided to take the utmost measure available to implement the might and weight of government's forces."

President Goodluck Jonathan had described the kidnapping as "callous and cruel".

Abia state has seen a rise in hostage-taking recently and many middle-class Nigerians travel with armed escorts.

The hostages tend to be released harmed after a ransom is paid.

Kidnappings in the region are carried out by criminal gangs seeking a ransom, but also by armed groups demanding a fairer distribution of oil revenue in a country flowing with oil but where most people live on less than $1 a day.