The refuse. Photo: Oreoluwa Odusanya and Folashade Obisanya

Residents and traders at Lotto community in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State have lamented the mounting heaps of refuse littering the area.

The residents also decried the lack of waste evacuation trucks to regularly clear the refuse.

A visit to the community by PUNCH Metro on Monday showed that the waste had become a source of concern to residents and traders, while some passersby used the area to urinate and defecate.

The residents told our correspondents that the refuse had remained at the location for about two years, negatively affecting businesses and posing environmental and health risks.