Ousted Ali Bongo begs for help as EU calls for a crisis meeting over Gabon coup (VIDEO)
Gabon ousted President Ali Bongo begs friends worldwide to 'make noise' against his arrest by the army
Gabon ousted President Ali Bongo begs friends worldwide to ‘make noise’ against his arrest by the army.
Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo has confirmed that a coup has taken place in the country in an unofficial address to international friends.
In a 51second video shared on social media, Bongo is seen in a room at the presidential palace appealing to his friends across the world to ‘make noise’ against his arrest which took place after the military announced his ouster in the wee hours of Wednesday, August 30.
He also confirmed that he is isolated at the presidency because his son had been taken away and his wife is being held at another place.
“My name is Ali Bongo Ondimba, president of Gabon. I am sending a message to all the friends of all the friends that we have all over the world, to tell them to make noise, to make noise. “The people here have arrested me and my family, my son is somewhere, my wife is in another place and I am at the residence. Nothing is happening. I don’t know what is going on. “So I am telling you to make noise, to make noise, to make noise really. Thank you,” his address read.
According to reports, his popular son, Valentin Bongo Ondimba has been arrested by the junta on charges of embezzlement and per other reports, treason.
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Hundreds thronged the streets of the capital Libreville to celebrate with the junta hours after announcing the ouster of Bongo who has been in power for 14 years.
Meanwhile, European Union defence ministers are to discuss the situation in Gabon, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday, adding that a coup, if confirmed, would heap more instability on the region.
“If this is confirmed, it is another military coup which increases instability in the whole region,” said Borrell, speaking at a meeting of EU defence ministers in Toledo.
“The whole area, starting with Central African Republic, then Mali, then Burkina Faso, now Niger, maybe Gabon, it’s in a very difficult situation and certainly the ministers … have to have a deep thought on what is going on there and how we can improve our policy in respect with these countries,” he said.
“This is a big issue for Europe,” he added.
The signs of a coup in Gabon come just weeks after members of the presidential guard in Niger seized power and established a junta.
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