Just Politics

‘Make noise’: Gabon’s President Bongo calls for help

Hours after military leaders seized power in Gabon, President Ali Bongo, on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, issued a plea to the public from where he is being held under house arrest.

Bongo called on the people of Gabon to “make noise,” saying in a brief video he had been illegally detained at his residence.

“My name is Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon. I am sending a message to all friends that we have all over the world, to tell them to make noise, to make noise,” he said.

Bongo was accused of high treason, the group of high-ranking officers said.

The group added that other government officials as well as Bongo’s son, Nouredine Bongo, had been arrested for “treason”.

Earlier, the military leaders in Gabon announced they seized power, days after the central African nation’s presidential election which confirmed President Ali Bongo Ondimba’s third term.

READ ALSO: Gabon coup: President Bongo under house arrest — Soldiers

The election results had been falsified, a group of officers said.

State institutions had been dissolved with immediate effect, the election results annulled and the country’s borders closed, said the group, which called itself the Committee for Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI).

The CTRI had decided to “put an end to the current regime.”

The announcement came a few hours after the electoral authority declared Bongo the winner of the election with 64.27 per cent of the vote.

Watch the video below:

The Star

Segun Ojo

Recent Posts

519 bag first class as FUTA graduates 6,405 students

No fewer than 519 graduands bagged first class honours as the Federal University of Technology,…

54 mins ago

Stock market closes with N99bn loss

The Nigerian stock market extended its bearish trend on Friday, November 22, 2024, closing the…

1 hour ago

Edo govt declares over 200 vehicles missing, recovers diverted palliatives

The chairman of the committee set up by Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo to recover…

2 hours ago

‘Morayo’: Wizkid sets new record on Spotify

Grammy Award-winning Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has set a new Spotify…

2 hours ago

15,000 applicants jostle for 900 civil service jobs in Oyo

Only 900 persons will be picked from the list of more than 15,000 people who…

2 hours ago

Gunmen kidnap journalist’s relations, demand N50m ransom

Gunmen have abducted three relations of former Daily Trust Editor, Ahmed Ajobe, at Awo in…

2 hours ago

This website uses cookies.