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- ↑ No room for Boko Haram detainees in Ekwulobia Prison
- ↑ Ozumba, Emeka (10 December 2018). "Osodieme Spices Up Christmas for Aguata Prisons Inmates". TNV. Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
The Aguata Prison facility opened in 2010 with a population of 25 inmates.
- ↑ "Travails of Awaiting Trial Inmates in Anambra Prisons". THISDAYLIVE. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ↑ "Anambra's Boko Haram Prisoners And Buhari's Deafening Silence". Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
- ↑ Soldiers take over security at Ekwulobia Prison
- ↑ Ajumadu, Vincent (July 2, 2015). "Nigeria: No room for Bokoharam detainees in Ekwulobia Prison". Vanguard. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ↑ "boko haram detainees removed from ekwulobia prison". Vanguard News. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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- ↑ Ilozue, Chukwujekwu (December 11, 2018). "Obiano grants pardon to 10 prison inmates in Ekwulobia". Independent Newspaper. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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