NSCDC arrests truck driver, two others for vandalising NNPC pipeline in Abuja

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) FCT Command has arrested three individuals in connection with the vandalism of an NNPC petroleum pipeline in Dafa, Kwali Area Council, Abuja. The arrests were made after days of intelligence-led surveillance by the NSCDC's tactical team. The pipeline, which supplies crude oil and petroleum products to the Kaduna Refinery and NNPC depots nationwide, had already been cut before the suspects arrived at the scene.

The suspects, identified as Maitama Inuwa, Yahuza Danlami, and Yasir Abdulrahman, are alleged to have returned to the scene days later attempting to load the abandoned pipe sections into a truck. Preliminary investigations have also identified four other individuals connected to the case who remain at large, and the NSCDC suspects a wider network is involved.

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