Coup leader to be sworn in in Gabon

In Gabon, it was announced that General Nguema will be sworn in on September 4 as “president of the transitional government” before the Constitutional Court.

General Nguema, commander of the Republican Guard, served as an aide to former President Omar Bongo until 2009, when he died.

Nguema, who had a disagreement with Ali Bongo, who took over after his father’s death, was sent to the Rabat and Dakar embassies in Gabon as a military attaché and expelled from the country.

Nguema, who has served as commander of the Republic Guard since 2019, is known to have long-standing kinship and close ties to the Bongo family.

COUP IN GABON

A group of soldiers, who entered the building of the national television of the Central African country of Gabon, announced that they had taken over the administration.

The military, calling itself the “Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI)”, announced that the elections held on August 26 were canceled and the country’s borders closed.

The current President Ali Bongo Ondimba won the presidential elections held on August 26 for the third time.

A curfew was imposed alleging that “violence” was practiced in the last hours of the electoral process in the country, and the Internet was restricted while the post-election vote counting process continued.

Father Omar Bongo first came to power in 1967, and when he died in 2009, his son Ali Bongo sat in his chair.

The Bongo family ruled Gabon for 56 years.