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- ↑ "Hon. Yisa Orker-jev biography, net worth, age, family, contact & picture". www.manpower.com.ng. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ "Orker Jev floors Akume as Odebiyi wins senatorial seat in Ogun" . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ↑ "Meet Orker Jev, The Senator – Elect Who Stopped George Akume" . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ↑ "Emmanuel Yisa Orker-Jev" . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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