It appears that the hostages have been released. Their release occurred in the early hours of today in Yenagoa. Not a lot of details other than this.
Looks like all those who did nothing will be vying for camera space circa CNN etc in Abuja for this one when the President and his men do their chest expanding bit...
Has anyone asked the hostages what they would like to do......... probably a nice cold beer and a flight home please.