No fewer than 168 solar-powered streetlights installed along the Longbridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have been stolen by suspected vandals, findings by PUNCH Metro have revealed.
The streetlights, installed in 2025 along the approximately five-kilometre-long bridge, were meant to illuminate the busy stretch and improve the safety of motorists, particularly at night.
However, PUNCH Metro observed that the lights began disappearing gradually only months after they were installed.
During a visit to the bridge on Tuesday, several sections were found to have been stripped of their street-lighting infrastructure.
A count of the vandalised points from the OPIC end of the bridge towards Wawa showed that about 168 solar-powered streetlights had been removed.
