Reports gathered that the five suspects who were arrested in a suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital, and Nembe Bassambiri, in Nembe Local Government Area of the state were arrested over offences bothering on pipeline vandalism, sea-piracy, kidnapping, and illegal oil bunkering.

Mr. Kelvin Sutomwa Martins, a 37-year-old popularly known as Lugard, according to the police was allegedly among the gang that blew up two trunk lines carrying crude oil on different occasions.

The police assured the public that suspects would be charged to court soon.