Nigeria ex-Minister reacts to Gabon coup, predicts more military takeovers in Africa
By OUR REPORTER
Former Minister of Aviation in Nigeria, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the Wednesday morning coup in Gabon with a prediction that there will be more military takeovers in French-speaking West and Central African countries in the near future.
The DEFENDER among other media had earlier reported that some members of the Gabonese Armed Force had ousted the democratic government of President Ali Bongo, who has been in power since 2009.
The Wednesday August 30, 2023 coup has been described as indicator that the wind of change that started in Republic of Mali in recrnt tears is gaining momentum across the continent.
Gabon fell earlier today to the hands of military in what some analysts call a paradigm shift from colonial West’s grip on Africa to achieving the long dream among Africans that the only way to achieve total liberation from the imperialist hegemony is not possible by democratic but military rule.
Bongo was announced winner of the presidential election in the West African country on Saturday, having fulfilled a two-thirds victory at the polls.
Fani-Kayode in a post on his X page said he was not surprised about the coup.
He wrote, “BREAKING NEWS: Sadly another coup has taken place in Africa.
“This time it is in the nation of Gabon where President Ali Bongo (pictured below), who together with his late father Alhaji Bongo, had been in power for the last 53 years has been toppled and removed from office.
“It appears that the warning I gave in my last essay, titled, ‘Does Killing Nigerien Babies Bring Glory To Our Name?’, was prophetic.
“I am not surprised that this has happened and frankly we should expect more coups in the Francophone countries of West and Central Africa for the reasons I stated in that essay.
“I wonder whether ECOWAS or the African Union will threaten to invade Gabon as well?”
