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- ↑ "Deployment Of Resident Electoral Commissioners". INEC . 23 December 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Obe, Emmanuel (4 August 2014). "INEC, Delta mobilise voters to collect cards". The Punch . Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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