- The public prosecutor has filed a “money laundering” complaint against Ali Bongo Ondimba.
- Since the coup on August 30, Sylvia Bongo has been detained in Libreville.
- The borders are blocked indefinitely, and the general elections scheduled for August 26, 2023, were postponed.
Ali Bongo Ondimba, the former president of Gabon, has been charged with “money laundering” by the public prosecutor, one month after the revolution. One of the couple’s children, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, has also been charged by the leader of the coup with orchestrating things in the oil-rich nation.
Their eldest son, Noureddin Bongo Valentin, has already been accused of stealing state funds and engaging in corruption along with several former cabinet members and two ex-ministers.
Money laundering
Since the coup on August 30, Sylvia Bongo has been detained in the nation’s capital, Libreville. Against what they alleged to be a hostage-taking, her French attorneys complained in Paris.
On August 30, the military officers of Gabon declared that they had seized control “on behalf of the Gabonese people” and were “putting an end to the current regime.”
Ali Bongo Ondimba, who rose to prominence for his alleged corrupt activities, will now be able to serve a third term as president thanks to the coup, which took place shortly after the country’s general election results were made public.
The borders are blocked indefinitely, and the general elections scheduled for August 26, 2023, were postponed. The military said that all Republic institutions had been dissolved and that the elections had not been transparent.
The military official argued that careless, unpredictable governance has caused social cohesion to steadily deteriorate, endangering the stability of the nation.
