Among those arrested are Noureddin, the former president’s eldest son, former presidential spokesman Jessye Ella Ekogha and four others, who have been charged and taken into police custody, capital prosecutor André-Patrick Roponat said.

Gabon has been in chaos since last August 30, less than an hour after the announcement of President Bongo’s re-election, the head of the presidential guard, General Brice Oligui Nguema, announced the deposition of the ruler and accused him of massive embezzlement of public funds.

That same day this African country was shaken by television images of trunks and suitcases full of bank bills found in the offices and residences of Bongo, his wife Sylvia, and high-ranking officials, according to the description of the narrator of the film.

For his part, the former president, who was under house arrest for several days, was released and can travel abroad or remain in the country, as he prefers, according to spokesmen for the new transitional government.

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