A picture is worth a thousand ones, it is said.

See pictures below by @andyRoidO on what life is like in Okrika, home to Rivers state refinery:

 

In light of #stopthesoot, I want to do a photo thread about my hometown Okrika, and how we have lived with the Port Harcourt Refinery. /1

— orwelliANDYstopia (@andyRoidO) February 9, 2017

That's wastewater from refinery, running across a neighbourhood in Ekerekana/Okochiri. My whole life it's smelled like fuel & rotten eggs /2 pic.twitter.com/WjTudTmEkE

— orwelliANDYstopia (@andyRoidO) February 9, 2017

Wastewater flows here. My older brothers caught crabs in that pond as kids. I can't relate. Fuel & rotten eggs. /3 pic.twitter.com/jOp2Z05MKj

— orwelliANDYstopia (@andyRoidO) February 9, 2017

Pipes like these, carrying crude oil to refinery, are part of our landscape. /4 pic.twitter.com/nU0Bb9xnQY

— orwelliANDYstopia (@andyRoidO) February 9, 2017

The pipes converge here. The famous Port Harcourt Refinery itself. Not in Port Harcourt. In my backyard. pic.twitter.com/jVS6Lczho8

— orwelliANDYstopia (@andyRoidO) February 9, 2017

I introduced you earlier today to The Flare. It's been burning for as long as I remember. Process that. I can see it from Port Harcourt /6 pic.twitter.com/KMe3sLCosu

— orwelliANDYstopia (@andyRoidO) February 9, 2017

This is the only road out of Okrika. We share it with the tankers that bring you petrol and diesel. /7 pic.twitter.com/Oj3uwGSLtN

— orwelliANDYstopia (@andyRoidO) February 9, 2017

Lots of dead and dying tankers along the way. /8 pic.twitter.com/bux5hraQtV

— orwelliANDYstopia (@andyRoidO) February 9, 2017

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