A French family of seven abducted by Islamic extremists while holidaying in Cameroon have been freed after two months in captivity, officials said Friday, April 19, according to AFP.

The hostages - a father, mother, four children aged 5 to 12, and an uncle - were all in good health, the French presidency said, adding that Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius was on his way to the central African state to greet the family.

The Cameroonian president said in a statement read on national radio that the hostages -- who were seized by six gunmen on February 19 and taken to neighboring Nigeria -- had been "handed over last night to Cameroonian authorities".

He did not say how they were freed but he thanked the governments of Nigeria and France. The French foreign minister said they were freed overnight on Thursday to Friday "in an area between Nigeria and Cameroon".

"I spoke to the family on the phone. They are extremely happy and in good shape," Fabius told AFP.

The family were seen arriving Friday at the French embassy in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital.

French President Francois Hollande insisted after their release that France had not paid any ransom.

They had been held by Islamist sect Boko Haram -- which is blamed for killing thousands of people in an insurgency in northern Nigeria since 2009.