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- ↑ "Road to 2023: Greg Ibe pledges to rescue Abia". The Sun Nigeria. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ↑ "Varsity chancellor Gregory Ibe joins Abia governorship race - P.M. News" . Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ↑ Emeruwa, Chijindu (28 April 2021). "Gregory University Pro-Chancellor, Greg Ibe makes case for sustaining Ikpeazu's legacies". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ↑ "Greg Ibe to PDP: It's ridiculously mischievous to allocate vote to me when I didn't participate in your primaries". Vanguard News. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ↑ "Prof Gregory Iyke Ibe: The Founder of the best private University in Africa". Time Africa Magazine. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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