Read how explosion vandal was caught in Bayelsa

– Joint efforts by security operatives of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) ensured the arrest of a man connected to the Agip pipeline vandalism

– Arrested suspect and his allies allegedly used explosives to carry out vandalisation

– Community’s role in the apprehension of vandal revealed

One Seigbagha Perekeye has been arrested by some men of the anti-pipeline vandalism unit of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bayelsa state.

He was arrested over his alleged participation in the vandalism of a pipeline belonging to Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) at Olugboboro community in southern Ijaw local government area of the state.

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The increasing rate of attacks on the oil company’s facilities by suspected vandals has been condemned by the leaders of the Olugbo kingdom. They also condemned the disastrous Easter holiday explosion which was reported to have been triggered by the dynamite left behind by those that breached the Tebidaba-brass delivery line in the area.

According to reports by Vanguard, the arrested suspect, who is an indigene of Olugboboro, and four others who are yet to be caught were reported to have been the masterminds of the last attack on Tebidaba-brass pipeline which happened on Thursday.

Reports say the suspect and his allies broke a section of the Tebidaba-brass pipeline around the Olugboboro-Tebidaba axis with the use of explosives considered to be dynamites.

“We are on the trail of the other suspects and they will not escape justice,” an anonymous official of NSCDC said.

The leaders of Olugbobiri community acted quickly and were able to arrest Perekeye who was one of the suspects with the support of the NSCDC operatives and the youth body while the others escaped.

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The oil company was said to have been alerted by the leaders of the community. In response to this, the company shut down production in order to prevent crude oil from spilling and sent some personnel to the scene to fasten the ruptured pipeline.

Sabi Morgan, the chairman of community development committee, criticized the incessant activities of vandals in the area and restated the continued cooperation of the community with the security agencies towards the elimination of vandals and other undesired elements from the community.

On Tuesday, March 29, three oil workers died in a pipeline explosion that rocked Bayelsa. The pipeline belongs to Nigerian Agip oil company and according to reports, the victims were clamping a leaking pipeline when the unfortunate incident happened.

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