Vandalism Unit of the Nigerian Security
and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have
arrested one Seigbagha Perekeye over
his alleged involvement in the vandalism
of a pipeline belonging to Nigerian Agip
Oil Company, NAOC, at Olugboboro
community in Southern Ijaw Local
Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Meanwhile,
leaders of
Olugbo
Kingdom in
the council
have
condemned
the rising
spate of
attacks on
the oil
company's
facilities by
suspected
vandals as well as the tragic Easter
holiday explosion allegedly triggered by
dynamite left behind by the vandals that
breached the Tebidaba-Brass delivery
line in the area.
Security sources told Vanguard that the
arrested suspect, an indigene of
Olugboboro and four others now at
large, were alleged masterminds of last
Thursday's attack on Tebidaba-Brass
pipeline.
The suspect and his cohorts were said to
have ruptured a section of the Tebidaba-
Brass pipeline around the Olugboboro-
Tebidaba axis, with explosive devices
believed to be dynamites.
"We are on the trail of the other suspects
and they will not escape justice," said an
official of NSCDC, who pleaded
anonymity.
It was gathered that the leaders of
Olugbobiri community acted swiftly and
apprehended one of the suspects,
Perekeye, with the support of operatives
of NSCDC and the youth body while the
others fled the community.
The leaders of the community, it was
further gathered, alerted the oil
company, which promptly shut in
production to prevent the crude from
spilling into the environment and also
deployed personnel to clamp the
ruptured pipeline.
Meanwhile, leaders of Olugbo Kingdom
have condemned the incessant attacks
on Agip pipeline by suspected vandals.
Chairman, Community Development
Committee, CDC, Olugbobiri community,
Sabi Morgan, decried the unwholesome
activities of the vandals in the area and
reiterated the continued collaboration of
the community with the security
agencies to rid the area of vandals and
other undesirable elements
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