Fog Blog Maritime Girls in Ghana Released Log:

MARITIMERS RELIEVED AFTER KIDNAPPED UNB STUDENTS ARE RELEASED IN GHANA!......People across the country are breathing a sigh of relief after two young women from the Maritimes were rescued Wednesday morning after spending just over a week as hostages in Ghana.Lauren Tilley, of Rothesay, N.B., and Bailey Chitty, of Amherst, N.S., are alive, and OK.The two were held hostage in a compound about two hours southeast of Kumasi, Ghana.Police say they were kidnapped last Tuesday at gunpoint.“Preliminary indications that we have is that they are fine,” said Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information for Ghana.Police in Ghana have confirmed the authenticity of a video of two men being arrested in connection with the case. It took all of 25 minutes from start to finish.In total, officials say five Ghanaians and three Nigerian nationals are in custody.