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- ↑ "Akwa Ibom EndSARS recommendations shrouded in secrecy, leaves room for suppression – Group". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ↑ "CLO Tackles Tinubu over Hike in Pump Price of Fuel – Independent Newspaper Nigeria".
- ↑ Okafor 2006, pp. 146