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- ↑ Sotunde, F.I. (2002), "Egba Chieftaincy Institution", p 61.
- ↑ Johnson, Samuel (1921), "The History of the Yorubas from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate", pp 73-75.
- ↑ J.F. Ade.Ajayi and Yemi Akinseye-George (2002), "Kayode Eso: The Making of a Judge", p 2.