The Assistant Commandant General (ACG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zone G, Mr. Bassey Bassey, yesterday, warned vandals to desist from illegal trade and seek legitimate means of livelihood.
Speaking in Yenagoa during familiarisation tour of Bayelsa State command, the newly- appointed ACG said there was no hiding place for pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region.
Bassey, who was in the company of state commandants of Delta and Anambra, Mrs. Beatrice Irabor and Mr. John Ahwe, said that in 2017, the NSCDC would arrest all would-be vandals and persons in the business of sabotage.
The ACG and his team, who were received by the Bayelsa State Commandant, Mr. Desmond Agu, and officers and men of the command, also said suspects arrested would be prosecuted.
He said: ”I am warning all vandals and those who want to vandalise the critical assets of government that in 2017 the Civil Defence is out to arrest all would-be vandals and those in the business of vandalism.
”I want to reiterate that with our renewed and invigorated civil defence, vandalism is no more a paying jobs. They (vandals) should find an alternative job to do because if they go on, they will sure be arrested and be prosecuted in the court of law.”
Addressing officers and men at, the ACG said that the Bayelsa State command was high in achievements and urged them to sustain the tempo.
Speaking, Agu said since the beginning of the year, his command had destroyed 18 illegal refineries in some parts of the state.
He said: ”By the special grace of God, these officers and men have helped me to make sure crimes are minimised in Baylesa.”