BREAKING: President Tinubu Speaks on the Coup in Gabon

Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, responded to the overthrown of the democratically elected president of Gabon, Ali Bongo, by a military junta in the most recent coup in Africa.

Top military officials reportedly made an appearance on Gabonese national television on Wednesday morning to declare they were “putting an end to the current regime” and annulling an election that President Ali Bongo Ondimba won, according to official results.