Mr Edafe said that the victims were taken to the hospital for proper medical examinations.
The police spokesperson said that the suspects confessed to having abducted and released a female septuagenarian after ransom payment of N7.9 million.
The board is expected to be in Bayelsa on Friday in continuation of its assignment.
“The INC is unequivocal in its demand that the law should be allowed to take its course.’’
“The operatives have since clamped down on the illegal refining site.”
Mr Ali said that the suspects were arrested on Friday at a brothel located at Otokutu community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.
The alleged vandals, aged between 32 and 66 years, were caught transporting vandalised crude oil pipes at Evurode.
The spokesperson said that the command has intensified efforts to arrest the fleeing suspects.
