Two weeks after the military putsch in Gabon which overthrew President Ali Bongo Ondimba, his son and several close to the cabinet of the former head of state were incarcerated and indicted on Tuesday notably for “high treason” and “active corruption,” the Libreville prosecutor announced to AFP this Wednesday, September 20.
Noureddin Bongo Valentin, Ali Bongo’s eldest son, Jessye Ella Ekogha, former presidential spokesperson, as well as four other people were “indicted on Tuesday and placed in pre-trial detention”, declared André-Patrick Roponat, prosecutor from Libreville, the capital of Gabon.