GABON’S COUP LEADER BRICE OLIGUI NGUEMA WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN LANDSLIDE VICTORY
By: African News
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, the military general who led the 2023 coup in Gabon, has been officially declared the winner of the country’s presidential election with an overwhelming 90.35% of the vote, according to provisional results announced by the electoral commission.
“Elected, with the absolute majority of this vote, with 575,222 votes, or 90.35%, Mr. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema. Thank you,” said Interior Minister and head of the electoral commission Hermann Immongault in a nationally televised announcement on Sunday.
Oligui Nguema, 50, defeated seven other candidates in the race, including former Prime Minister Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze, who garnered just 3% of the votes. The announcement comes with some vote counts still to be confirmed, though the result marks a resounding mandate for the transitional leader who took power following the ousting of President Ali Bongo Ondimba.
GABON’S COUP LEADER BRICE OLIGUI NGUEMA WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN LANDSLIDE VICTORY
