The Nigerian Navy said it had arrested a suspected member of
the Niger Delta Avengers.
This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of
Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, and made available to newsmen in
Abuja.
According to Ezekobe, the suspect who was picked up on July
11 at about 11am, is believed to be a major logistics supplier to the group
which had claimed responsibility for attacks on NNPC and Chevron pipelines in
the region.
“The arrest was made following a confessional statement
obtained from an earlier arrested suspect who gave details of the involvement
of other collaborators in the attacks.
“Preliminary investigations also revealed that the suspect
recently supplied 10 batteries, five large coils of wire and other materials
purportedly used for the attacks,” the director said.
The NN said it would continue to partner with sister
security agencies and members of the public to eliminate all forms of economic
sabotage such as vandalisation of pipelines and piracy.
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