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Boreholes abandoned, rivers polluted with traces of dead fishes, farmers left with farms inaccessible and uncultivated due to soil pollution… this is the story of Ekorinim, a community in Calabar, Cross River State, that plays host to the Nigerian Petroleum Storage Company (NPSC) pipeline, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). In this first account of a two-part report, ADETOLA BADEMOSI relates the various sides to this environmental tragedy.
 
He died as a result of drinking contaminated water,” says James Effiong, neighbour of a deceased indigene of Ekorinim. “His house was just somewhere around here.”
The late Bassey was one of several victims who suffered health complications believed to have been caused by drinking contaminated water, but who never lived to tell their story. ....

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