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- ↑ Jimitota Onoyume (26 July 2017). "Court affirms Anabraba as Rivers Assembly Minority Leader". Vanguard News. Port Harcourt. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ↑ "PDP widens lead as INEC releases more results of Rivers rerun elections". The Guardian. Port Harcourt. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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