Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ebonyi on Thursday announced the arrest of a 20-year-old woman and two men for vandalising oil pipelines.

Briefing newsmen in Abakaliki, the Commandant, Chinwe Kannu, said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday at Ivo Local Government Area in a border community between Ebonyi and Abia.

Kannu said the suspects were arrested by 5 p.m. by officers of the command on patrol as they scooped diesel from a punctured pipeline.

“They will be prosecuted as we are legally mandated by law to do.

“Items recovered from them include one 50-litre container of diesel, four 25-litre containers of diesel, buckets, funnels and sieving instruments used to scoop petroleum products,” she said.

The commandant also said the command contained the spillage of diesel from a tanker which was involved in an accident at Abaomege area of Ebonyi.