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- ↑ Staff, Global Patriot. "Obiano inaugurates 6th Anambra Assembly as Maduagwuna emerges Speaker". Global Patriot Newspapers. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ↑ "Mmaduagwu Emerges 3rd Female Speaker Of Anambra Assembly". Channels Television. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ↑ "Is Anambra State House Of Assembly, Gov. Obiano's House Of Stooges?". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 2022-01-01.