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- ↑ "Past Governors in Edo State". Edo State Government. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- ↑ "ADDRESS BY THE MILITARY COVERNOR OF EDO STATE, COL. JOHN EWEREKUMOH YERI; psc, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS CORONATION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS UMORU OMOGWA OGBEKHIULU AS THE ONOGIE (CLAN HEAD) OF JAGBE ON THE 28TH DECEMBER, 1991". Jagbe Traditional Institution. 28 December 1991. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
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