Gabon president Ali Bongo appeals to ‘friends’ to speak up over coup
Gabon president Ali Bongo appeals to ‘friends’ to speak up over coup This video grab made from an unconfirmed video at an undisclosed location obtained by AFPTV on August 30, 2023 shows Gabon’s deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, calling on “his friends around the world to make some noise” while under house arrest. – Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on August 30, 2023 they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor. Bongo, 64, whose family has ruled Gabon for over 55 years, was placed under house arrest and one of his sons arrested for treason, the coup leaders said.
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has appeared in a video calling for his “friends” to “make noise” after military officers in the oil-rich central African state staged a coup.
“I’m sending a message to all friends that we have all over the world to tell them to make noise for… the people here who arrested me and my family,” he said in English, in the clip posted on social media.
Bongo, 64, whose family has ruled Gabon for over 55 years, was placed under house arrest and one of his sons arrested for treason, the coup leaders said.
Bongo, who was recorded while seated but looked clearly worried, said his son was in one location while his wife was “in another place”.
“I’m at the residence and nothing is happening, I don’t know what’s going on, I’m calling (on) you to make noise,” he said.
AFP was not able to determine where or when the video was captured.
Earlier, a military leader said Bongo’s son and close adviser Noureddin Bongo Valentin, his chief of staff Ian Ghislain Ngoulou as well as his deputy, two other presidential advisers and the two top officials in the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) had been arrested.
They are accused of treason, embezzlement, corruption and falsifying the president’s signature, among other allegations, he said.
China has called on Bongo’s safety to be guaranteed, while former colonial power France has said it is watching developments in Gabon “with the greatest attention”
This also serves as a timely warning to our Judiciary to sit up and ensure that the judiciary is still seen as the last hope of the common man.
Our Executive has been grossly compromised.
The Legislative arm of the government is bunch of asslicking criminals.
Lawal sucked Buhari:s smelling ass till Buhari stole our commonwealth empty and left office.
Akpabio has continued from where Lawal stopped. Sucking the druggies dirty agbado anus. Aiding and abetting Injustice and stealing of our common patrimony.
The judiciary must stand out and not just do justice, but ensure that justice is seen by all to have been done!.
Gabon citizens on Wednesday applauded members of the security forces in the Plein Ciel district Libreville, after a group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television announcing they were "putting an end to the current regime".
The military also scrapped the official election results that had handed another term to ousted President Ali Bongo.
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⭕Police parade 67 over alleged gay marriage in Delta
By Jimitota Onoyume
⭕Delta State Police command has paraded 67 gay suspects arrested at an alleged gay wedding at a hotel in Uvwie local government area.
The state Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe said they would be prosecuted in line with laws relating to anti-gay issues.
He said about one hundred of them were arrested but at the end of the profiling the number was scaled down to 67.
” We arrested about a hundred of them but after investigation, the number of the suspects dropped to 67.
“They will be arraigned in court in line with the laws of the land”, he said.
An invitation card to the party where the suspected gays were arrested that was sighted by Vanguard simply read , : ” All white party /award nite .Dress code is white and white. 1k gate fee, table for four 5k. Date 26 August, 2023.”
The police image maker also warned youths to desist from acts running against the laws of the land.
He also advised those into criminal activities in Warri, Uvwie and other parts of the state to shun such acts, saying the command was determined to smoke them out.
“The command is ever ready to smoke out criminal elements in Warri, Uvwie and other parts of the state.
” I urge all youths on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police,.CP Wale Abass to be law abiding. Shun every temptations to go into crime because if you are caught the laws will apply”, he said
NwaIdeato: When the officer mentioned the discovery of a large quantity of oil around that place it cast a shadow of worry over me, because we know the discovery of oyel in any part of Nigeria is always a harbinger for more trouble to that community.
Anyways all the best to the people of Enugu state, seems the new government is getting it right just like Alex Otti is doing in Abia state. Igboland will be great again
OneCandleAway: You're calling someone an educated illiterate meanwhile you calling someone an' idiot' because he expressed his opinion makes you what exactly?
His opinion hurts the economic interest of Ndigbo therefore I'm at liberty to loose my cool on him
Ttipsy: Onitsha isn’t only the city in SE region that has a sea access to the Atlantic, there you have Abia and IMO
And besides onitsha port now receives vessels. Knowing the size of river Niger bridge and dredging the river could lead to waste of natural gas and oil ??
SmartPolician: If you think you know better, counter him with a superior logic. That's what intelligent people do and that's exactly what those guys who commented before you did and their comments were excellent.
You people should learn to conduct yourselves in public! Everything isn't nzogbu-nzogbu (like Charles Soludo calls it).
Unlike most of you 'educated' illiterates, who goes to war after telling his enemies where his weapons are stockpiled, I'm not that silly and daft.
Call for Igbo intelligia meeting, I will make my presentation, not coming to useless faceless forum to tell Igbo haters my workable plan for SE seaport.
Sorry sir, you sound like an idiot. You should have made your point without foreclosing the possibility of Seaport in SE I don't like men of little and contrived mindset.
Make your point about the vision you have for the aviation industry in SE and end it there.