Director of Lagos State Fire Service Rasaki Musibau and six others who were kidnapped have been released, according to the police on Wednesday morning.
They were released at about 11:45pm inside the forest where the kidnappers kept them by a joint security force.
Already some suspects have been arrested in the operation still ongoing in the forest at the time of this report, The Nation gathered.
The victims were kidnapped at about 8pm on April 6 along the Ikorodu-Epe Expressway while on their way to Lagos.
police spokesman Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), said they were released unhurt and have been reunited with their families.