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- ↑ Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Supreme Court of Cameroon, Allocution 10, 21 March through 24 March 2006. (In French). Retrieved 13 March 2012. (Says Mathias is a judge of the Supreme Court)
- ↑ "Epuli Mathias Aloh: Retour à la maison". Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ↑ "Décret N°2017/277 du 7 juin 2017 portant nomination de Magistrats au Siège de la Cour Suprême" (in French). Republic of Cameroon. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ↑ "BACDA-UK General Assembly Meeting 31st March 2012-Reading," Archived 2012-12-21 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 13 March 2012. (Mentions Chief Justice Epuli Aloh Mathias. His "emphasis in governing" not found.Just lists him among "prominent persons" of the Bakossi.)
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