Four men have been jailed in Ebonyi State for vandalizing facilities belonging to the Enugu Electrical energy Distribution Firm PLC, EEDC.
DAILY POST studies that they have been sentenced by an Ebonyi State Excessive Courtroom.
The Group Head, Company Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, confirmed this this in a press release on Thursday.
One of many convicts, Chukwuma Onwe, was on the twelfth of November 2025 sentenced to 4 years imprisonment by Hon. Justice John Igboji on the Excessive Courtroom of Ebonyi State of Nigeria, Ohaukwu Judicial Division, sitting in Ezzangbo. His conviction adopted a three-count cost of conspiracy, harm and illegal disconnection of transformer armoured cables, and stealing, opposite to the Ebonyi State Legal Code, Cap 33, Legal guidelines of Ebonyi State of Nigeria 2009.
On the conspiracy cost, Onwe acquired a three-year sentence, whereas the costs of vandalism and stealing, earned him 4 years every. All terms are to run concurrently.
In response to Ezeh, he was arrested by the Police in September 2023 for vandalizing a transformer belonging to EEDC, at Ntsulakpa, Ezzangbo Group, Ebonyi State.
In an analogous growth, on the seventh of November 2025, the identical Courtroom sentenced Okefe Stanley, Aleke Kingsley, and Egba Friday to 4 years imprisonment every for vandalism, illegal disconnection, harm, and removing of aluminum conductors, belonging to EEDC.
The trio have been sentenced to 3 years for conspiracy and 4 years every for vandalism and stealing, and all terms working concurrently.
Ezeh recounted that they have been arrested on fifth June 2023 by the vigilante group of Oshituma Group in Ohaukwu Native Authorities Space, Ebonyi State.
The administration of EEDC counseled the judiciary for the judgements and appealed for speedy trial of different pending vandalism-related instances in courts.
“We’re happy with these judgements and hope that they function a deterrent to these partaking in such prison act on the market,” Ezeh said.
“Just a few months again, exactly in August, in the identical Ebonyi State, 4 vandals – Ikechukwu Esseh, Ikedinachi Uche, Ukpai Godwin, and Uchenna Kalu – have been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Hon. Justice Nicholas E. Nwode for attacking a 7.5MVA Injection Substation belonging to EEDC, at Training Board Highway, Afikpo, in Afikpo North Native Authorities Space of the state.”
EEDC expressed appreciation to the Nigerian Police and the vigilante group of Ohaukwu group for their vigilance and unwavering dedication to combating this menace, noting that this aligns with the corporate’s long-standing name for group collaboration in safeguarding vital electrical energy infrastructure.
Ezeh lamented the damaging influence of vandalism on the corporate’s operations, stressing that the corporate has continued to commit scarce sources to restoring vandalized/broken gear – funds that might have been deployed to boost service supply.
He urged prospects to stay vigilant and safeguard electrical energy installations inside their neighborhoods, warning that vandalism inevitably outcomes in service disruptions and inconvenience. been despatched to prison in Ebonyi State for vandalizing facilities belonging to the Enugu Electrical energy Distribution Firm PLC.
The convicts bagged totally different sentences on the order of Ebonyi state excessive courtroom.
The Group Head, Company Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, confirmed this this in a press release on Thursday.
One of many convicts, Chukwuma Onwe, was on the twelfth of November 2025 sentenced to 4 years imprisonment by Hon. Justice John Igboji on the Excessive Courtroom of Ebonyi State of Nigeria, Ohaukwu Judicial Division, sitting in Ezzangbo. His conviction adopted a three-count cost of conspiracy, harm and illegal disconnection of transformer armoured cables, and stealing, opposite to the Ebonyi State Legal Code, Cap 33, Legal guidelines of Ebonyi State of Nigeria 2009.
On the conspiracy cost, Onwe acquired a three-year sentence, whereas the costs of vandalism and stealing, earned him 4 years every. All terms are to run concurrently.
In response to Ezeh, he was arrested by the Police in September 2023 for vandalizing a transformer belonging to EEDC, at Ntsulakpa, Ezzangbo Group, Ebonyi State.
In an analogous growth, on the seventh of November 2025, the identical Courtroom sentenced Okefe Stanley, Aleke Kingsley, and Egba Friday to 4 years imprisonment every for vandalism, illegal disconnection, harm, and removing of aluminum conductors, belonging to EEDC.
The trio have been sentenced to 3 years for conspiracy and 4 years every for vandalism and stealing, and all terms working concurrently.
Ezeh recounted that they have been arrested on fifth June 2023 by the vigilante group of Oshituma Group in Ohaukwu Native Authorities Space, Ebonyi State.
The administration of EEDC counseled the judiciary for the judgements and appealed for speedy trial of different pending vandalism-related instances in courts.
“We’re happy with these judgements and hope that they function a deterrent to these partaking in such prison act on the market,” Ezeh said.
“Just a few months again, exactly in August, in the identical Ebonyi State, 4 vandals – Ikechukwu Esseh, Ikedinachi Uche, Ukpai Godwin, and Uchenna Kalu – have been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Hon. Justice Nicholas E. Nwode for attacking a 7.5MVA Injection Substation belonging to EEDC, at Training Board Highway, Afikpo, in Afikpo North Native Authorities Space of the state.”
EEDC expressed appreciation to the Nigerian Police and the vigilante group of Ohaukwu group for their vigilance and unwavering dedication to combating this menace, noting that this aligns with the corporate’s long-standing name for group collaboration in safeguarding vital electrical energy infrastructure.
Ezeh lamented the damaging influence of vandalism on the corporate’s operations, stressing that the corporate has continued to commit scarce sources to restoring vandalized/broken gear – funds that might have been deployed to boost service supply.
He urged prospects to stay vigilant and safeguard electrical energy installations inside their neighborhoods, warning that vandalism inevitably outcomes in service disruptions and inconvenience.
