The Adamawa State Police Command said it arrested seven persons in connection with alleged vandalisation of pipelines belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd).
In a statement made available to journalists, the Command said it recovered 53 pieces of vandalized pipelines from the vandals.
According to the Command the suspects were arrested in an operation on Friday, October 25, following information by good Samaritan.
The Police gave the names of the suspects as Umar Musa, 40 years old and a resident of Kaduna Road, Abuja; Mohammed Hassan, 25 years old and a resident of Kasuwan Shanu, Potiskum, Yobe State; Adamu Abdullahi, 28 years old from Bununu Funai in Yobe State; and Yakubu Adamu, 27, from Sabon Layi, Potiskum, Yobe State.
The others are Gabriel Wale, 40 years old and a resident of Mafoluku, Ishodi, Lagos State; Abubakar Garba, 40 years old and a resident of Angwan Dosa, Kaduna State; and Aliyu Muhammad, a 28-year-old man from Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
“This distressing incident poses a substantial threat to public safety and represents a severe act of economic sabotage as it pertains to crucial infrastructure linking Adamawa State and the southern part of the country,” the police said.