Gabon coup leaders to meet and decide Bongo fate, new leader | Military News

Brice Nguema, leader of the elite Republican Guard and a relative to President Ali Bongo, did not confirm the president’s whereabouts.

Brice Nguema, suspected ringleader of Wednesday’s coup in Gabon has said the mutinous soldiers are meeting at 14:00 GMT to decide the new leader of the Central African country.

The leader of the elite Republican Guard and a relative to President Ali Bongo, was speaking in an interview to French daily Le Monde.

Early on Wednesday, a dozen mutinous soldiers appeared on Gabonese national television, announcing the cancellation of recent election results…