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- ↑ Enoch Darfah Frimpong; Dickson Worlanyo Dotse (20 September 2024). "Why EC disqualified PNC's Bernard Mornah, Janet Nabla and 9 others". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ↑ Enoch Darfah Frimpong (20 September 2024). "EC clears 13 presidential candidates for Election 2024, PNC's Bernard Mornah and 10 others disqualified". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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