A group of senior Gabonese military officers on Wednesday appeared on national television and said they had seized power due to the recent general election lacking credibility and said they represented all security and defense forces of Gabon.
It was not immediately possible to reach the government for comment. The announcement came just hours after the Gabonese Election Centre said on Wednesday that President Ali Bongo had won a third term in the presidential election with 64.27% of the vote, after a delay-plagued general election that the opposition has denounced as fraudulent. Announcing the result in the early hours, CGE head Michel Stephane Bonda said Bongo’s main challenger, Albert Ondo Ossa, had come in second place with 30.
Bongo’s team have rejected Ondo Ossa’s allegations of electoral irregularities. Tensions are running high amid fears of unrest after Saturday’s presidential, parliamentary, and legislative vote, which saw Bongo seeking to extend his family’s 56-year grip on power while the opposition pushed for change in the oil-rich but poverty-stricken Central African nation.
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