Police in Rivers State on Tuesday confirmed the killing of an unspecified number of suspected vandals attempting to vandalise a pipeline in the Rumuekpe Aluu community.
Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju, disclosed this at a press conference in Port Harcourt, saying that the suspects died on the spot.
Adepoju said the operation was part of the ongoing joint effort with other security agencies to safeguard Rivers.
The police commissioner said, “The joint security forces successfully thwarted an attempt by miscreants to vandalise a pipeline, leading to the death of the vandals who sought to detonate it.
“The failed detonation was due to the swift response of security personnel to the incident at Allu-Rumuekpe in Ikwerre Local Government Area, LGA, of Rivers on March 16.”
The Rivers CP further disclosed that following the success, security forces proceeded to Onelga LGA on March 19, where they stopped another potential bomb attack by criminals.
He said two suspects were arrested in possession of four dynamites during the operation.
Adepoju added that the police also detonated pods, and other Improvised Explosive Device components.
