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Oral Interviews
- Akin Agbaje, male, 76 years old, retired civil servant, No 16 Adegbenro Street, Iwaya, Yaba, Lagos, 17 February 2020.
- Lawal Adekunle, commercial motorcycle rider (Okada) at Molete, Ibadan, Oyo State, 26 June 2020.
- Joshua Bolarinwa, male, 46 years old, Associate Research Professor, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island Lagos, 19 February 2020.
- Kayode Olorunsola, male, 72 years old, retired school headmaster, Iwaya Yaba Lagos, 17 February 2020.
- Emmanuel Rasheed, male, 43 years old, civil servant, Lagos State Secretariat Alausa Ikeja Lagos, 23 March 2020.
- Eucharia Alade, female, 28 years old, civil servant, Ibadan, Oyo State, 24 March 2020.
- Titilope Olalere, female, Lecturer, Department of History and international Studies, McPherson University, Abeokuta, Ogun State, 22 September 2021.
Telephone Interviews
- Chika Opia-Adiele, legal practitioner, based in Port Harcourt Nigeria, 24 November 2020.
- Dr. Bernard Fyanka, Senior Lecturer, Department of History & International Studies, Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria, 16 May 2020.
- Dr. Kayode Olaleye, Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, 22 September 2021.