As many as five out of the seven University of Jos (UNIJOS) students abducted on Monday have regained freedom, The Nation reports.

Kidnappers stormed the rented hostel out of the University Campus when they were reading for the ongoing examinations and whisked away the seven to an unknown place.

The abductors, according to parents, demanded some ransom before their children can be released.

It was learnt after  negotiations with the kidnappers,  an undisclosed amount was agreed, which was said to have been delivered by one of the parents who volunteered.

Following final agreement, he kidnappers  released five out of the seven students, leaving two with them.

The source further hinted after the money was collected, the kidnappers seized the phone of the ransom-bearing parent.