Residents of Oshodi, Mafoluku, Shogunle, and Ewu-tun tun (OMSE) communities have decried the use of policemen by Excellens Link International Company and TUNAP Waste Company to hound their leaders and representatives for not accepting ‘arbitrary increments in waste disposal bills imposed by the companies.

The Chairman of OMSE communities, Mr. Babatunde Faleye, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Tuesday, said the companies which the Lagos State Waste Management Authority engaged as Private Sector Partnership (PSP) operators in the communities have engaged the services of the police to intimidate the leaders of the community after the representatives of the communities wrote the Lagos State government through their lawyers to demand the reversal of imposed the arbitrary bill for waste disposal.

Faleye stated that though the state government through its supervisory ministries has acknowledged their petitions and promised to look into the matter to resolve the grey areas, the companies have dragged leaders of the communities to court.

He said the companies are seeking an order to compel the people to pay the arbitrary waste disposal bill, among others.