A suspected supplier of logistics to the Niger Delta Avengers’ militant group has been apprehended, the Nigerian Navy has claimed.
The suspect, according to a statement signed the Navy’s Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, was apprehended on July 11, 2016, at about 11am.
In the statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, it was said that the suspect is believed to be a major logistics supplier to the NDA, which had claimed responsibility for attacks on NNPC and Chevron pipelines in the region.
Ezekobe said in the statement that, “The arrest was made following a confessional statement obtained from an earlier arrested suspect who gave details of the involvement of other collaborators in the attacks.”
He further disclosed that, “Preliminary investigations also revealed that the suspect recently supplied 10 batteries, five large coils of wire and other materials purportedly used for the attacks.”
He disclosed that the Nigerian Navy will continue to partner with sister security agencies and members of the public to eliminate all forms of economic sabotage such as vandalisation of pipelines and piracy.
