“We are demanding that the state increase the security around the building, because our lives were seriously endangered when the military broke in. This is the third act in two years. This is not acceptable,” declared the deputy general secretary of the Union of Communication Professionals (SYPROCOM) Patrick Nzoghe Bekale.
Bekale was speaking when Gabon’s Prime Minister visited Georges Rawiri House on Tuesday after the putsch was foiled.
A Republican Guard commando, Lieutenant Kelly Ondo Obiang, led the group that broke into the radio station Monday at 4am (3am GMT), and demanded to issue their statement, which they did.
Latest reports are that one of the mutineers and a gendarme died in the process, and seven of those involved were arrested, including Lieutenant Obiang.