Nigeria, Nov. 29 -- Four of the six directors of the Federal Ministry of Defence who were abducted on 10 November along the Kabba Lokoja highway have been released.

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria disclosed this on Friday. The update was reported by the News Agency of Nigeria.

The officials were travelling from Lagos to Abuja for a promotion examination when terrorists intercepted their vehicle and took them away.

Days later, the abductors demanded N150 million to free the six victims, a development that caused widespread concern among families and colleagues.

In a statement signed by the ASCSN president, Shehu Mohammed, and secretary general, Joshua Apebo, the union confirmed that four directors had regained freed...