DAILY GIST has obtained a video showing the moment the ousted Gabon President, Ali Bongo was begging his international friends to make noise following Wednesday’s coup.
In the 51-second, Bongo confirmed that he had been arrested and isolated from his son and wife, who he said were held at another place.
Bongo said, “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”
The military takeover, according to the statement released by the military officers under the aegis of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions, cited “serious institutional, political, economic and social crises” as among the factors responsible for the coup.
Bongo has been in power for 14 years in the oil-rich West African country.
The country’s electoral commission had announced at midnight on Tuesday that incumbent, Ali Bongo, won 64.27% votes with the opposition candidate Ondo Ossa scoring 30%.
But the coup leaders said the August 26 presidential election in the country was fraudulently conducted and therefore annulled.
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TRENDING VIDEO: Ousted Gabon President, Ali Bongo Begs For Help From Detention After Soldiers Take Over Country pic.twitter.com/VVvSukUbq5
— DAILY GIST (@dailygistonline) August 30, 2023
