ASHENEWS reports that Nigeria’s former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has given reasons why there could be more coups in French-speaking West and Central African countries in the near future.
This online platform further recalls that on early Wednesday morning, some senior army officers, ousted President Ali Bongo, who was announced the winner of the presidential election in the West African country on Saturday, having fulfilled a two-thirds victory at the polls.
But, taking to his X handle @realFFK on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode said he was not surprised about the coup.
“This is deposed President Ali Bongo of Gabon. Between he and his father they have ruled Gabon with an iron fist on behalf of their erstwhile French colonial masters and perpetual modern day oppressors for 55 years.
“He was removed from power in a military coup this morning and now he is crying like a baby, begging the world for help and saying that we should “make some noise” on his behalf (whatever that means).
“His message is truly pathetic. It lacks legitimacy and courage and it is sad, cowardly and pitiful! It is a real show of shame and I do not pity the tyrant.
“He is begging like a baby after enslaving his people and handing over his country to the French and collectively ruling it with his father on their behalf for 55 years.
“This should be a warning to the sit tight tyrants that lead other Francophone African countries like Togo, Cameroon and Ivory Coast who are doing the same thing. Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guniea, Chad and Sudan, who all faced similar challenges from the French and other former colonial masters, have already made their move.
“The days of the puppet tyrant and servile dogs that enslave and rule their people on behalf of the French, the British, the Europeans and the neo-colonial imperialists and slave masters are long over. Africa is free!” Fani-Kayode tweeted.
