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The new leader was erstwhile head of the presidential guard and reportedly a relative of deposed President Ali Bongo.

The alleged coup leader in Gabon, Brice Oligui Nguema, heads the Gabonese Presidency’s Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit.

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Military leaders who seized power in Gabon have named the head of the presidential guard, Brice Oligui Nguema, as the country's interim leader.

Soldiers in Gabon appointed the head of the republican guard as the OPEC member state’s new leader, hours after placing President Ali Bongo under house arrest and annulling elections in

  Ayoyinka Òní, Chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC), Lagos State Chapter has stated that everyone who benefited from the corrupt regimes of the late Omar Bongo and his son, Ali Bongo, who has just been ousted as President of Gabon in a coup, should be exposed.   Omar Bongo was the second president of Gabon for almost 42 years, from 1967 until his death in 2009. His son, Ali Bongo, succeeded and ruled until he was ousted from office on Wednesday.  

Gabon President, Ali Bongo was ousted from power today by a military junta through a coup and is still being placed on house arrest.

General Brice Oligui Nguema, named Gabon's new leader following a coup, loyally served the central African country's longtime strongman before turning on his son in Wednesday's military takeover.Gabon's coup leaders appointed him after toppling President Ali Bongo Ondimba following Saturday's disputed elections, in which the incumbent was awarded a third term with 64.27 percent of the vote.

General Brice Oligui Nguema, named Gabons new leader following a coup, loyally served the central African countrys longtime strongman before turning on his son in Wednesdays military takeover.

The coup leaders have said President Ali Bongo Ondimba was under house arrest, surrounded by family and doctors.