The Police Command in Ogun State have apprehended two suspects identified as 45-year-old Tunde Ramoni and  33-year-old Yinka Olufowobi in nexus with vandalization of petroleum products pipelines.

The suspects were apprehended by policemen attached to the Redeem Camp Police Divisional headquarters last Thursday while on routine patrol along the Simawa road, Sagamu.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a release on Tuesday, stated that the suspects were sighted in a blue Toyota Camry car marked RC 862 AAA and loaded with petroleum product hidden in sacks.

Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) stated further that when the suspects sighted the Police, they tried to flee but the officers trailed and arrested them.

The Police Spokesman added that when interrogated, the suspects confessed that they were coming from Oloparun Village via Ogijo where they got the product from vandalised pipeline.

They also claimed getting the product in collaboration with accomplices living in Ilara area of Ogijo.

However, the Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama has directed that the suspects should be transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for further probe.