Ali Bongo has been released from house arrest by the
military junta in Gabon, eight days after he was deposed as president.
The new military leaders in the Central African nation said
Bongo is free to leave the country for medical treatment.
Bongo was toppled on the morning the electoral umpire
announced that he had been re-elected to a third term in office.
On Monday, Brice Nguema, an army general who led the coup,
was sworn in as interim president.
Nguema who is Bongo’s cousin, served as a bodyguard to
Bongo’s late father and also headed the country’s republican guard, an elite
military unit.
The statement announcing Bongo’s release from house arrest
was signed by Nguema.
“Given his state of health, the former President of the
Republic Ali Bongo Ondimba is free to move about,” Ulrich Manfoumbi, the
military spokesperson, said in the statement read on national television on
Wednesday evening.
“He may, if he
wishes, travel abroad for medical checkups.”
Bongo became president when Omar, his father, died after
ruling from 1967 to 2009.
The military is yet to announce a transition to civilian
rule programme.
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