BREAKING: Military Coup In Gabon As Army Officers Seize Power, End Bongo’s 53-Year Reign

A dozen of Gabonese soldiers appeared on television on Wednesday announcing they were “putting an end to the current regime” and the cancellation of an election that, according to official results, President Ali Bongo Ondimba won.

During the announcement, AFP journalists heard gunfire ring out in the Gabonese capital, Libreville.

While announcing the cancellation of the results one of the soldiers said “all the institutions of the republic” had been dissolved.

“We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime”, one of the soldiers said on TV channel Gabon 24, adding that he was speaking on behalf of the “Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions”.

“To this end, the general elections of 26 August 2023 and the truncated results are cancelled,” he added.

“All the institutions of the republic are dissolved: the government, the Senate, the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court,” he added, announcing the closure of the country’s borders “until further notice”.

Among the soldiers were members of the Republican Guard as well as soldiers of the regular army and police officers.

The statement was also broadcast on Gabon 1 public television

AFP journalists heard gunfire in several districts of Libreville during the statement.

The announcement came shortly after the national election authority said Bongo, who has been in power for 14 years, had won a third term in Saturday’s election with 64.27 percent of the vote.

What is the reason for Coup in Gabon

VerseNews gathered that the military coup was caused by the facade of democracy. Gabon has been ruled by a Father and Son since they had democracy in that country.

President Omar Bongo the former president had 70 bank accounts, 39 apartments, 2 Ferraris, 6 Mercedes Benz cars, 3 Porsches and a Bugatti in France and ruled for 42 years (from 1967 to 2009).

His son, Ali Bongo has been President since 2009. Gabon had a presidential election 3 days ago and Ali Bongo still contested , he shut down the internet, removed names of candidates from the ballot papers and stopped international observers and journalists from covering the elections.