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- ↑ gloriaabiakam (2023-03-23). "2023 Elections: Labour Party Wave hits Abia, as Party takes Political Structure from PDP in the State". Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- ↑ Umuahia, Linus Effiong (2021-03-28). "REPORTER'S DIARY: INEC Officials Sleeping On Duty, Over 480,000 Missing Voters and other tales from Aba". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2023-05-01.