- Femi Fani-Kayode predicts more military coups in French-speaking West and Central African countries unless preventive measures are taken
- He responds to the Gabon coup, warning of potential upheaval in other countries and questioning regional organizations’ responses
Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has predicted that many military coups will occur in French-speaking West and Central African countries unless precautions are taken.
In a shocking reaction to a military coup that deposed Gabonese President Ali Bongo, the former minister made this known via his X platform.
WITHIN NIGERIA previously reported that top army officers had seized power from Bongo’s democratically elected government, which had just won a presidential election on Saturday.
Bongo has been in power since 2009 when he succeeded his father, who died while in office.
As twelve officers announced the takeover on national television, the coupists announced the end of the 53-year reign of Bongo’s family in the Central African country.
In response to the latest coup on African soil, Fani-Kayode took to social media and warned that the coup would continue to ravage Africa unless African leaders heeded his warning.
The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) wrote;
BREAKING NEWS: Sadly another coup has taken place in Africa.
This time it is in the nation of Gabon where President Ali Bongo (pictured below), who together with his late father Alhaji Bongo, had been in power for the last 53 years has been toppled and removed from office.
It appears that the warning I gave in my last essay, titled, ‘Does Killing Nigerien Babies Bring Glory To Our Name?’, was prophetic.
Fani-Kayode further said he was not surprised at the incident saying;
I am not surprised that this has happened and frankly we should expect more coups in the Francophone countries of West and Central Africa for the reasons I stated in that essay. I wonder whether ECOWAS or the African Union will threaten to invade Gabon as well?