The leader, placed under house arrest since the August 30 coup, has suffered from health problems since his stroke in 2018.
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The deposed president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, is “free to move” And “can go, if he wishes, abroad” for medical reasons, announced Wednesday, September 6, General Brice Oligui Nguema, who overthrew him just a week ago.
“Given his state of health, the former President of the Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba is free to move around. He can, if he wishes, go abroad to carry out his medical checks”Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi Manfoumbi announced on state television, reading a press release signed by General Oligui.
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Ali Bongo, 64, in power for fourteen years, had been under house arrest since the military coup of August 30, carried out without bloodshed less than an hour after his camp declared his re-election in a poll described as a fraudulent by the putschists.
The transitional president, Brice Oligui Nguema, also accuses the family circle of the ousted leader and his cabinet of having diverted “massively of public funds” and ruled the country “irresponsible and unpredictable manner” by manipulating Ali Bongo, very weakened by a serious stroke in 2018.