Michael Olugbode in Abuja
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 17 suspected vandals for their alleged role in the killing of an officer of the corps during an operation in the Niger Delta.
A statement by the spokesman of the corps Afolabi Babawale on Monday read that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’S SIS) in a tactically coordinated intelligence-based operations have arrested 17 suspects for the alleged role played in a renewed hostility attack on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region.