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Nguema was held aloft triumphantly by his troops following the announcement of the coup - Copyright Gabon 24/AFP -Thomas GROPALLOGeneral 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. Held aloft triumphantly by his troops following the […]
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.
Senior soldiers in Gabon on Wednesday morning announced they had taken over the government.
Amid the transition to military government in Gabon, Brice Nguema has been named the ringleader of the attempted coup in the Central African country.
The former head of Gabon's most powerful security unit, the Gabonese Republican Guard, Brice Nguema has been named transitional president by the coup leaders. According to a statement read on National television on Wednesday, Nguema was appointed chairman of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions. "General Brice Oligui Nguema was unanimously appointed chairman of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions, President of the Transition," the statement said following a meeting of all military commanders and chiefs of staff.