Gabon’s deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, is “free of his movements” and “can go, if he wishes, abroad”, General Brice Oligui Nguema announced on Wednesday, who overthrew him there. a week old.
Ali Bongo, in power for 14 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 fraudulent by the putschists.
Ali Bongo suffered a severe stroke in October 2018 which left him physically impaired, with his right leg and arm in particular moving with difficulty.