Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,NSCDC, Abdullahi Mohammed, has warned officers of the corps against colluding with oil thieves and pipeline vandals.

Mohammed gave the warning in Yenagoa at a meeting he held with officers of the Bayelsa command of the NSCDC, threatening to arrest and prosecute officers and men of the outfit indicted for compromising the corps’ rules of engagements.

He warned operatives of the NSCDC attached to the Task force on Oil and Gas in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area against engaging in acts capable of tarnishing the image of the corps.

Mohammed said the security outfit would not spare anybody going against its rules of engagement.

The Commandant-General, who spoke through Bayelsa Commandant, Desmond Agu urged the operatives to conduct their activities in the task force with high sense of professionalism.

He cautioned them against reckless use of firearms, warning that the rules on the use of weapons must be adhered to strictly.

Mohammed also warned that the NSCDC would not tolerate the abuse of human rights, stressing that the code of conduct and ethics relating to the civil populace must guide the activities of the security operatives.

The Commandant-General commended the operatives attached to the taskforce for their sacrifice and patriotism in their efforts to stop sabotage and vandalism of critical national infrastructure in the state.