Group Lauds Military Over Peaceful Christmas, New Year In North East

Northern Youths Vanguard for Development (NYVD) has commended troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria for ensuring Christians in the country celebrated Christmas with fanfare and peace.

The group said it is a testimony that the AFN is determined to keep it’s promise of restoration of peace in the country.

NYVD in a statement signed by the president, Yakubu Dauda and secretary, Roseline Musa on Monday said that for the second year running, the people of the region, especially the North East had a peaceful Christmas.

The group urged people of the region to show appreciation to the military by their cooperation and provision of useful information on the activities of enemies of the country in their domain.

The statement said troops continued their onslaughts against criminal elements in the last period of the year to show their determination.

“New Year eve, bandits’ kingpin, Gwoska Dankarami, escaped death by the whiskers when air strikes of the Nigerian military targeted his hideout, along Kaura Namoda Road in Zurmi local government area of Zamfara State.

“Similarly, troops of 199 Special Forces Battalion hit out at terrorists on the eve of new year along Maiduguri to Damboa Road, killing some of them.

“Reports from the North East is cheering and gives us hope that very soon, normalcy will be completely restored, because of what our troops are doing there and other places.

“We in NYVD commend the Armed Forces of Nigeria under Gen. Leo Irabor for making all this possible. We are very hopeful it will get better for the North and Nigeria as a country.

The group urged parents to monitor the activities of their wards to ensure they don’t fall for the evil antics of enemies of the North who want to recruit more youths into their nefarious activities.