President Bola Tinubu has expressed concern in regards to the Wednesday coup within the Republic of Gabon within the West Coast of Central Africa.
Military officers in Gabon say they’ve taken energy and put the president, Ali Bongo, below home arrest, because the nation turns into the most recent in Africa to endure an tried coup, solely weeks after mutinous troops seized energy in Niger.
Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this on Wednesday whereas briefing State House Correspondent in Abuja.
He stated that Tinubu would consult with different Heads of State and Government within the African Union on the Gabon disaster with a view to figuring out the way in which ahead for the pure resource-rich nation.
‘’President Bola Tinubu is watching carefully with deep concern for the nation’s social political stability and on the seeming autocratic rivalry apparently spreading throughout totally different areas of our beloved continent.
‘’The president as a person who has made vital sacrifices in his life in the middle of advancing and defending democracy is of the idea that energy belongs within the arms of Africa’s nice folks and never within the barrel of a loaded gun,’’ he stated.
Gabon is wealthy in pure assets corresponding to timber, manganese and oil and it’s the fifth largest oil producing nation in Africa, which has helped drive its sturdy development.
The nation’s oil sector now accounts for 50 per cent of its GDP and 80 per cent of its exports.
Mr Ngelale stated the president affirmed that the rule of legislation and recourse to the constitutional resolutions and devices of electoral dispute wanted to be used within the issues of democratic challenges.
‘’To this finish, the President is working very carefully and continues to talk with different Heads of States within the African Union.
‘’This is in the direction of a complete consensus on the following steps forwards with respect to how the ability in Gabon will play out and the way the continent will reply to contagious autocracy spreading throughout the continent,” he stated.
The army officers introduced the takeover of democratically elected authorities of Bongo on Wednesday after a disputed Tuesday election.
They additionally introduced the cancellation of latest election outcomes and the dissolution of “all the institutions of the republic”.
The military officers are stated to be assembly afterward Wednesday to resolve who would lead the transition authority.
The Commonwealth has additionally expressed worry in regards to the army takeover within the nation with Secretary-General Patricia Scotland saying the scenario was “deeply concerning”.
“The Commonwealth Charter is clear that member states must uphold the rule of law and the principles of democracy at all times,” Scotland stated.
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