On January 7, 2019, early in the morning, a command group led by Lieutenant Kelly Ondo had taken control of Radio Gabon and read a message announcing that the army had taken power. The special forces’ attack had quickly ended this adventure. The alleged perpetrators have appeared for several days before a special military court. The last hearing, Monday, was marked by the hearing of witnesses. Report.
as reported from Libreville, Yves-Laurent Goma
Only at the helm did Commander Serve Boulingui, hierarchical commander of Lieutenant Kelly Ondo, declare that he quickly went to the barracks around 6 o’clock. He found the gunsmith tied up. The weapons depot was closed. The key was not found and three walkie-talkies were removed. “I understood it was serious,” he explains.
“Did you have any suspicions about Lieutenant Kelly Ondo?” The president of the court asks. “He is a very calm boy. We could give him communion without acknowledging, the master replied. “Were you aware of him?” The president asks again. “Not at all, never, I swore loyalty to the head of state,” he assures us.
Then the floor is the antenna group for Radio Gabon. “They took us to the newsroom and asked us to take them to the control room to read their message,” said one of the journalists. And a colleague continued: “The technician pretended that the machines had broken down. They threatened and turned on the radio. And read their message “” We carried out their order under threat of weapons “, motivating for their part the gendarmes who guarded the radio house that night.
“It was a peaceful movement, I did not want to become president,” says Lieutenant Kelly Ondo. I had initiated a patriotic appeal to prevent the coup prepared by Frédéric Bongo (brother of Ali Bongo, editor’s note) “. “If I had to do it again, I would do it again to save the nation,” he admits.
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