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Ogun Court Jails 26-Year-Old Three Years for Stealing Solar Streetlight

A 26-year-old man, Anthony Cephas, has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a solar-powered streetlight along the Sagamu Interchange Expressway in Ogun State.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement, noting that detectives arrested Cephas around 9pm on October 30, 2026, in the Mayegun area of Sagamu.

The stolen streetlight and its solar panel were recovered during the arrest and tendered as exhibits.

Babaseyi added that the suspect was subsequently prosecuted, convicted and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

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