General Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema, the commander of the Gabonese Republican Guard who overthrew democratically elected President Ali Bongo, has been implicated in theft and drug trafficking.
Following the overthrow of Mohamed Bazoum, the president of Niger, the military junta in Gabon announced on Wednesday morning that it will take over from Bongo.
The cancellation of the recently held general elections in Gabon, which resulted in President Bongo, was announced by dozens of military officials, according to Anaedoonline.ng.
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They claimed there were anomalies in the election, which is why they needed to take over “in the interest of the Gabonese people.”
A 2020 Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) survey, however, claimed that General Oligui Nguema, who is one of the most powerful figures in the Gabonese army, has several properties in the United States of America worth more than $1 million.
The New Tribune, a French media outlet, reports that General Nguema paid $447,000 cash for a home in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2018.
General Nguema is well-known for being a multibillionaire, participating in embezzlement, and having connections to the drug trade of South American-Ivorian cartels, according to the publication.
Finding out more about the Coup leader’s background, the journal said that Nguema spent ten years as a military attaché at the Gabon Embassy in Morocco and Senegal before assuming his current role.
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The writer also conjectured that Nguema had been an exile throughout this time.
Additionally, he took over as Republican Guard commander a year after Ali Bongo suffered a stroke in October 2018.
Nguema, however, was rumoured to have been associated with contentious cases prior to his recent involvement in the overthrow of President Bongo, whose family had held the position of power for a long time.
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