The situation is beginning to clear up in Gabon, where the military took power a few moments after the publication of the results of the presidential election last Saturday.
The putschists have announced that President Ali Bongo is under house arrest. His wife Sylvia Bongo and his son Nourredine Valentin Bongo and several high personalities are arrested. These include Faustin Boukoubi, the President of the National Assembly, Ian Ghislain Ngoulou, Bongo’s son’s chief of staff, Mohamed Ali Saliou, deputy chief of staff of President Bongo himself and his brother Abdoul Océni. . These two men are in fact the sons of Ismaël Oceni Ossa, the president of the Superior Council of Islamic Affairs of Gabon. In the list, there is also Jessye Ella Ekogha, the spokesperson for the presidency, Steeve Nzegho Dieko, the Secretary General of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) the presidential party, Cyriaque Mvouradjiami, director of political cabinet of Ali Bongo.
