Today's Headlines: Face Your Job, AU Warns Gabon Coup Leaders; Tinubu, Canadian PM Trudeau discuss Gabon coup on phone

Face Your Job—AU Warns Gabon Coup Leaders

Source: Punch paper

The head of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Wednesday, warned the Gabonese national army and security forces to adhere to their “republican vocation”.

This is as he also strongly condemned what he described as an “attempted coup” in Gabon.

Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state announced earlier Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections, in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba had been declared victor.

Bongo, 64, whose family has ruled Gabon for over 55 years, was placed under house arrest and one of his sons arrested for treason, the coup leaders said.

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Tinubu, Canadian PM Trudeau discuss Gabon coup on phone

Source: Daily Post

The latest coup in Gabon that toppled President Ali Bongo was the focus of a telephone conversation between President Bola Tinubu and the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, informed journalists about the telephone conversation on Wednesday in Abuja.

He said the two leaders’ discussion centred on the need for the promotion and protection of constitutional democratic governance on the continent.

Imo Guber: Gov Uzodinma’s defeat imminent, says PDP

Source: Vanguard paper

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has expressed confidence that Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, is on his way out of Government House.

The PDP explained that signs of his imminent defeat have become glaring following the level of opposition to his leadership as well as the growing rejection of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by the people of Imo State.

National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, said this in a statement, in Abuja, on Wednesday.

He also said the PDP condemns in very strong terms the recourse to violence, smear campaign and propaganda by “the embattled Governor Hope Uzodimma-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration against the people of Imo State.”

Commonwealth says Gabon coup ‘deeply concerning’

Source: Vanguard paper

The Commonwealth on Wednesday voiced fears about a military coup in Gabon, which joined the grouping last year, and said it was monitoring the situation closely.

Secretary general Patricia Scotland said the situation was “deeply concerning”, adding: “The Commonwealth Charter is clear that member states must uphold the rule of law and the principles of democracy at all times”.

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