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- ↑ Chop Fine: The Human Rights Impact of Local Government Corruption and Mismanagement in Rivers State, Nigeria. Human Rights Watch. 2007. p. 83. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Okrika Wins Best LG Award". The Tide . Port Harcourt: Rivers State Newspaper Corporation. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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