Senior military officers appeared on television declaring they had taken power in the country minutes after the election results were announced
The electoral commission said Mr Bongo had won 64.27 per cent votes in the election, and that his main opponent, Ondo Ossa had followed with 30.77 per cent of the votes.
Mr Bongo’s family have been in power for 53 years, with the president taking over when his father Omar Bongo died in 2009.
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