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- ↑ Austin, Dennis; Luckham, Robin (25 February 2014). Politicians and Soldiers in Ghana 1966-1972. Routledge. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-3177-9223-9.
- ↑ "Police Service in retrospect". National Commission on Culture. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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