Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has reacted to the Military coup in Central Africa country, Gabon.
The Nigeria leader expressed his deep concern over the political situation in the country while expressing the belief that the rule of law and a faithful recourse to constitutional resolution of electoral disputes must not be allowed to perish in Africa.
The President in a statement through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale said power belongs in the hands of Africa’s great people, and not in the barrel of a loaded gun.
“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 statement by Ngelale read.
“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.”
He said the President is “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”.
