Other members were said to have escaped into the bush during their encounter with the security outfit.
The suspects were arrested when they were said to trans-loading the crude oil from a broken down tanker into another tanker at weekend.
Commander of the Operation Thunderstorm, Lt Col. Mustapha Bashir said oil bunkering was becoming too rampant in the state disclosing that the security outfit has arrested 17 tankers used by vandals in the last six months.
He gave the names of the suspects to include Jimoh Abu, Moses Audu, Elamah idris and Momoh Benedict. The suspects however denied being members of the syndicate.
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