Nigeria, March 17 -- The two female students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ayetoro campus, kidnapped on Sunday have regained their freedom.

This was confirmed in a post on Twitter by the governor of the state, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday evening.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the students were kidnapped at about 9:00 p.m. on Sunday following a suspected bandits raid at the Igbole Aibo quarters in Ayetoro.

The kidnap was confirmed then by the Deputy Registrar, Corporate Affairs Unit of the institution, Niyi Oduwole.

"The incident is most unfortunate. The university is beefing up security around all our campuses and hostels.

"We sympathise with the parents of the victims and we want to assure them that their wards will be...