Buhari commends security agents for securing release of Forestry School students

By Rasaq Adebayo

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the security agents who strived for the release of the 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Kaduna State.

The abducted students were released by their abductors on Wednesday.

The President in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled “President Buhari welcomes release of Forestry School students, also congratulated their friends, families, the government and the people of Kaduna State on the development.

It read: “We are happy they have been released.

“We express our deep appreciation to all the actors who contributed one way or the other to this happy outcome, in particular, the defence and security agencies, the officials of the Ministry of Environment and the government of Kaduna State. We thank Nigerians for their prayers.

“The President appeals for the release of the students of the Greenfield University and all other citizens held in captivity, expressing the strong determination of his administration to ensure that Nigerians lived in a country where everyone can move where they want, when they want without the fear of kidnapping and banditry.”