Open defecation: Ogun communities stink, govt threatens crackdown

Residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, are at the risk of an epidemic following the absence of toilets in many parts of the communities in the city.

Eaglesforesight gathered that some areas with ancestral homes did not have toilets and resorted to open defecation.

During a visit to some of the communities, including Fowosedo, Ago-Ika, Totoro, Ijofa, Sapon, Sokori, among others, it was observed that canals, bush paths, riversides and refuse dumps had been taken over by faeces, as both the young and the elderly engaged in open defecation.

Our correspondent noted that the communities reeked from the stench of human waste, while the drainage bred bacteria and vectors.