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- ↑ Crippled Giant: Nigeria since Independence. E.E. Osaghae, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1998, ISBN 1-85065-350-X
- ↑ Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria. Ufot Bassey Inamete. Published by Susquehanna University Press, 2001, ISBN 1-57591-048-9
- ↑ Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria. Ufot Bassey Inamete. Published by Susquehanna University Press, 2001, ISBN 1-57591-048-9
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