Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko DisCo) has secured multiple convictions against individuals involved in the vandalism of its electricity infrastructure in Ikoyi, Lagos, with courts sentencing offenders to prison terms ranging from one to five years.
In one of the cases, Osakwa Omoreige was arrested on 24 September 2025 at No. 51 Bourdillon Street, Ikoyi, while vandalising a 200kVA pole-mounted transformer belonging to Eko DisCo.
Following investigations, he was arraigned on 12 December 2025 at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, before Justice Allegoa on a one-count charge of unlawful tampering with and damage to the transformer.
Omoreige pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
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In a separate case, Lawrence Simon was arrested on 22 September 2025 at Glover Road, Ikoyi, while vandalising electricity cables owned by the distribution company. He was arraigned on 26 September 2025 at the Lagos State Magistrate Court, Igbosere, sitting at Court 4, Ebutemeta, before Magistrate F.O. Hughes.
Following his guilty plea, the court on 13 November 2025 sentenced Simon to one year’s imprisonment.
Similarly, Prince Okorie, 33, and Daniel Kalu, 29, were arrested on 5 September 2025 while vandalising an Eko DisCo transformer on Gerald Road, near the Deputy Governor’s Lodge, Ikoyi. The two were arraigned on 10 September 2025 at the Igbosere Magistrate Court, sitting at Court 2, Tinubu, before Magistrate Amos.
They were charged on three counts of stealing, conspiracy and malicious damage.
Both defendants pleaded guilty, and on 8 October 2025 the court sentenced each of them to one year’s imprisonment on each count, with the sentences ordered to run concurrently.
Commenting on the convictions, Babatunde Lasaki, general manager for Corporate Communication at Eko DisCo, said vandalism of electricity infrastructure disrupts power supply, endangers lives and damages public assets.
He said the company would continue to work with law enforcement agencies to ensure offenders are prosecuted, while urging members of the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities around electricity installations through the company’s whistle-blowing channels.
