President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has expressed overwhelming joy over the release of the abducted female students in Zamfara State.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, in a statement quoted the President as saying that he joins the families and people of Zamfara State in welcoming and celebrating the release of the traumatized female students.

The President however called for greater vigilance by the people so that human intelligence could be collected early enough to nip the bandits’ plans in the bud, and warned that the time has come to reverse, completely, the heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping.

President BUHARI also kicked against payment of ransom, saying ransom payments will continue to prosper kidnapping, and urged the Police and the Military to go after the kidnappers and bring them to justice.