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- ↑ "INEC RESULT SHEET FCT SENATORIAL ELECTIONS 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 November 2019.
- ↑ "PDP's Aduda Emerges Winner of FCT Senatorial Election". THISDAYLIVE. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ↑ Odunsi, Wale (27 June 2019). "Why PDP's Philip Aduda should be sacked from Senate - Petitioners". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ↑ "FCT senatorial results arrive Garki collation centre". Pulse Nigeria. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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- ↑ Odunsi, Wale (26 February 2019). "Nigeria elections: PDP's Aduda floors APC, emerges winner of FCT senatorial election". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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