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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ ACLED-CDD (2023-01-19). "Nigeria Election Violence Tracker | Situation Summary: 13 December 2022-15 January 2023". ACLED. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
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