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Protesters in their hundreds from Kapam community in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State on Friday blocked the entrance to the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, KRPC, demanding compensation for damages caused by a toxic chemical discharge from the refinery. The protesters, mostly women, carried placards, saying that the chemical discharge from the refinery had destroyed their farms, killed their animals, and posed a significant threat to their health. Some of the placards had inscriptions that read, ‘KRPC has completely destroyed our crops’, ‘KRPC has poisoned us with toxic chemicals’, ‘Kapam …

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