The Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly is raising alarm over an escalating crisis in the Gbebu Glife Gbegbeyise area, where armed scavengers have taken control of an illegal dump site.
The area has been overwhelmed by unregulated waste, with heavily armed individuals reportedly protecting the site and defying all attempts by authorities to stop the activity.
Municipal Environmental Health Officer, Samuel Tete, described the situation as both a security and environmental emergency. "We are helpless.
Not even the military deters the armed scavengers," Mr Tete said. "They are armed.
