A team of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hrs of Wednesday and claimed they had taken energy, soon after the point out election entire body introduced President Ali Bongo had received a 3rd term.
Showing on television channel Gabon 24, the officers stated they represented all security and protection forces in the Central African nation. They mentioned the election success ended up cancelled, all borders closed until even further notice and condition institutions dissolved.
Loud appears of gunfire could be listened to in the cash Libreville, a Reuters reporter stated, right after the television visual appeal.
There was no speedy comment from the authorities of the OPEC-member nation.
“In the title of the Gabonese people today … we have decided to protect the peace by placing an close to the present regime,” the officers reported.
Tensions were running higher amid fears of unrest soon after Saturday’s presidential, parliamentary, and legislative vote, which observed Bongo in search of to increase his family’s 56-year grip on energy though the opposition pushed for change in the oil and cocoa-prosperous but poverty-stricken nation.
A deficiency of international observers, the suspension of some international broadcasts, and the authorities’ conclusion to lower internet company and impose a night time-time curfew nationwide right after the poll had elevated issues about the transparency of the electoral approach.