By YVES LAURENT GOMA and CHINEDU ASADU
Voters in Gabon on Sunday awaited the results of the central African nation’s presidential election, which the country’s military rulers hope will legitimize their grip on power after they staged a coup in 2023.
The interim president, Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who led the coup, looked set to win Saturday’s election by a wide margin, analysts said. Observers said he had representatives at the majority of the more than 3,000 polling stations where elections were held, an indication of his campaigning reach.
Local observers also deemed the conduct of the poll satisfactory in nearly all the polling stations monitored. Local media reported that the interim president had most of the votes so far collated in the small number of voting stations that have announced results.
Oligui Nguema is in the presidential race with seven other candidates, including former Prime Minister Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze, his main challenger. Bilie-By-Nze
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