Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command declared to have arrested three out of the six suspected leaders behind pipeline vandalism in the state.

Mr. Shem Obafaiye, the Oyo State Commandant disclosed this at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan while parading a 35-year-old driver arrested for oil pipeline vandalism.

Obafaiye who reported that the suspect was arrested on at Odo-Oba, Ogbomoso,  during  a joint operation of the NSCDC and the state police special squad known as “Operation Burst”, also disclosed that the suspects succeeded in loading the truck with 22,000 litres of petrol but escaped when they sighted the NSCDC men.

The suspect however, told reporters that he was not aware that his friend whom he thought was helping him was involved in pipeline vandalism.

“I met Kazeem, the owner of this tanker, who invited me  to load his tanker with fuel and because I was out of job for about six months, I thought this was the breakthrough.

“It was not until we got to the site at about 1.00 a.m.  that I realised I was walking into trouble.

“It was very late and I had only N90 on me. I could not shout or run. I was, therefore, stranded with them in the middle of nowhere.

“I am married with three kids and my regret is that while Kazeem escaped with none of his phone lines going through, I was arrested,” he said.