By Sylvester Idowu
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested three persons for allegedly vandalising armored cables and other electrical installations at the Warri Refinery and Petro-Chemical Company (WRPC) in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
The acting state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspects are staff of a private security company attached to the refinery.
He gave the names of the suspects as Saturday Idoge, Sunday Ishenive and Philip Ngbodi, adding that efforts have been intensified to apprehend proposed receivers of the vandalised equipment.
The suspects were arrested last Thursday following a tip off the police by a resident in the area.
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Security guards caught vandalising installations at Warri refinery
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Three persons have been arrested while vandalising armoured cables at PPMC Warri Refinery in Delta State, the suspected vandals, said to be staff of Alert Private Security Company attached to PPMC/Refinery, Warri, were identified as, Saturday Idoge, Sunday ishenive and Philip Ngbodi.
They were caught vandalizing armoured cables and other electrical installations in the PPMC Refinery Warri at Tank 82 in the refinery complex.
They were nabbed on March 28 at about 8 pm by operatives of State Intelligent Bureau (SIB), led by one Inspr Obot Bassey in collaboration with mobile personnel attached to Warri Refinery after a tip-off.
Items recovered from them included one ladder, industrial iron cutters, vandalized Armored Cables and other items while efforts were ongoing to apprehend the receivers of such stolen items.