Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday condemned the military takeover in Gabon, saying he his in talks with other Heads of State in the African Union towards a comprehensive consensus on the next step forward.
Army officers in Libreville appeared on national television to say they have seized power in Gabon after President Ali Bongo was re-elected for a third term in office in the Central African nation.
Breifing State house correspondents on the Development, The Special adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Ajuri Ngelale said the President is deeply worried over the situation in Gabon.
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“President Bola Tinubu is watching closely with deep concern for the country’s social political stability and at the seeming autocratic contention apparently spreading across different regions of our beloved continent. The President as a man who has made significant, personal sacrifices in his own life in the course of advancing and defending democracy is of the unwavering belief that power belongs in the hands of Africa’s great people and not in the barrel of a loaded gun. The President affirms that the rule of law and a faithful recourse to the constitutional resolutions and instruments of electoral dispute resolution must not at any time be allowed to perish from our great continent.
To this end, the President is working very closely and continues to communicate with other Heads of State in the African Union towards a comprehensive consensus on the next steps forward with respect to how the power in Gabon will play out and how the continent will respond to contagious autocracy we have seen spread across our continent”
President Tinubu who is the ECOWAS Chairman Authority of Heads of State and goverment says democracy must not be allowed to perish on the African continent.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
