One of the sons of Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been arrested by the military on charges of “treason.”
According to French news agency AFP, this comes as the ousted president has also been placed under house arrest alongside some of his family members.
“President Ali Bongo is under house arrest, surrounded by his family and doctors,” they said in a statement read out on state TV.
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One of the president’s sons had been arrested for “treason”, the statement reportedly added.
Meanwhile, the coup leaders have put forward the head of the presidential guard as the leader of the transition, according to the broadcast – as cited by AFP.
The coupists struck in the early hours of Wednesday, annulling Saturday’s election, which Bongo was declared to have won.
The officers also said they were dissolving all state institutions, and that the country’s borders were shut.
Bongo’s overthrow would end his family’s 56-year hold on power in Gabon.
