Abuja, Aug. 30, 2023 – President Bola Tinubu has expressed disgust and concern over the military coup in Gabon coming just after an election.
Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said President Tinubu was not happy with the current developments in Gabon.
Ngelale told State House correspondents on Wednesday that Tinubu’s belief that the rule of law and a faithful recourse to the constitutional resolution of electoral disputes must not be allowed to perish in Africa.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is watching developments in Gabon very closely with deep concern for the country’s sociopolitical stability and the seeming autocratic contagion apparently spreading across different regions of our beloved continent.
“The president, as a man who has made significant personal sacrifices in his own life, in the cause of advancing and defending democracy has all of the unwavering belief that power belongs in the hands of Africa’s great people, and not in the barrel of a loaded gun.”
Ngelale said was working very closely and continuing to communicate with other heads of state in the African Union towards a comprehensive consensus on the next steps forward with respect to how the crisis in Gabon will play out into how the continent will respond to the contagion of autocracy we are seeing spread across our continent. (GBN)
