BREAKING: MILITARY COUP IN GABON

Breaking: Military Coup in Gabon

After observing “irresponsible, unpredictable governance resulting in a continuing deterioration in social cohesion that risks leading the country into chaos… we have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime”,

This is one of the reasons the military men gave for taking over the central African country where the Bongos have been holding sway for decades.

The Soldiers who appeared on Gabonese national television, announced the cancellation of recent election results and the dissolution of “all the institutions of the republic”.

The apparent coup follows shortly after the national election authority’s announcement on Wednesday that Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba had been re-elected for a third term.

“We call for calm and serenity from the public, the communities of sister countries settled in Gabon, and the Gabonese diaspora,” one the military officers on state TV said.

“We reaffirm our commitment to respecting Gabon’s commitments to the national and international community,”

Continuing, he said, “People of Gabon, we are finally on the road to happiness.”

speaking on behalf of a “Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions” one of the Soldiers said,
“The borders are closed until further notice,”

After observing “irresponsible, unpredictable governance resulting in a continuing deterioration in social cohesion that risks leading the country into chaos… we have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime”,

A group of senior Gabonese military officers declared that they have seized power, claiming the recent general election lacks credibility and saying they represent all Gabon’s security and defence forces.

“In the name of the Gabonese people … we have decided to defend the peace by putting an end to the current regime,” the officers said on television.

Gabon’s incumbent president, Ali Bongo, won a third term in the presidential election with 64.27% of the vote, the Gabonese election centre said on Wednesday, after a delay-plagued general election that the opposition denounced as fraudulent.

No immediate comment from the Gabon government, the Reuters news agency reported.