The putschists who toppled Gabon’s president on Wednesday named the pinnacle of the Presidential Guard, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, because the nation’s interim chief.
Nguema, who in line with media reviews can also be a cousin of deposed President Ali Bongo, will turn out to be “interim president,” a spokesperson for the so-called interim council introduced on state broadcaster Gabon 24 on Wednesday night.
Nguema has been the pinnacle of the Republican Guard, an elite military unit chargeable for defending the pinnacle of state, since 2020.
According to a report by Jeune Afrique, his mom was associated to Ali Bongo’s father, Omar, who dominated the small nation on the Atlantic coast from 1967 till his demise in 2009.
Like the Bongo household, believed to be one of many richest households on this planet, Nguema has been linked to allegations of corruption. He is claimed to personal a number of properties within the United States.
Ali Bongo, the deposed president, is accused of excessive treason, the group of high-ranking officers who seized energy instructed state tv earlier, including that different authorities officers in addition to Bongo’s son, Nouredine Bongo, had been arrested.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
