Ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, has appealed to the international community for assistance in freeing him from the house arrest imposed by the military junta in Gabon.
The video sighted by InsightNewsgh.com on Twitter has immediately garnered a of reactions from social media users.
Speaking in the recorded video, President Ali Bongo seated in his office in his home pleaded with people and the media to make noise about the coup staged by the military juntas in Gabon.
According to him, he has been under house arrest and doesn’t know what is happening in the country at the moment. He added that both his wife and son have also gone under hiding.
“I am Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon and am to send a message to all friends we have all over the world to tell them to make noise for the people here are caressing me and my family. My son is somewhere and my wife is in another place and I am at the residence. Right now, nothing is happening, I don’t know what is going on, so I am calling you to make noise, thank you,” he said
Ousted President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, has appealed to the international community for assistance in freeing him from the house arrest imposed by the military junta#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/CvhX1NuDkz
— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) August 30, 2023
The video has received a lot of criticisms from Ghanaian on Twitter, who have slammed President Ali Bongo.
Below are some comments from Twitter users
Previously, a video sighted by InsightNewsgh.com of “unwell” Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been overthrown by the military coup, shortly after being re-elected for a third term.
He can hardly stand unaided on his own, as this recent video of him and the French President makes abundantly clear.
Military officials in Gabon announced their takeover of power on live national television, claiming that the weekend elections had been fraudulent.
With 64% of the presidential vote, President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been in office for 14 years, was declared the winner.
Tensions were high and there were fears of unrest following Saturday’s presidential, parliamentary, and legislative elections, in which Bongo sought to keep his family in power after 56 years and the opposition pushed for change in the oil- and cocoa-rich but impoverished nation.
