According to Fayose, who spoke on the Channels Television programme Hard Copy on Friday, September 1, 2023, the renaissance of coups across the African continent is the result of the sit-tight syndrome.
You’d recall that military officers in the oil-rich Central African country toppled Bongo’s government on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. The deposed leader has been in power for 14 years and was declared the winner of last Saturday’s presidential election.
Bongo became the President of Gabon in 2009 following the death of his father, Omar Bongo Ondimba, who had ruled the nation for 42 years, rounding out the family’s grip on the country at cumulatively 56 years.
