Gabon’s transitional president, General Brice Nguema said former president Ali Bango is free to leave the country.
General Nguema freed the ousted president on wednesday in a statement read on state television.
“He has freedom of movement… and can travel abroad if he wishes,” he said.
“Given his state of health, the former President of the Republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba has freedom of movement.
Gabon’s former president Ali Bongo, who was ousted in a Putsch, was in power for 14 years and had been under house arrest since the military coup of August 30.
The coup was carried out without bloodshed less than an hour after his party proclaimed his re-election in a vote described as fraudulent by the putschists.
The former president took office in 2009, succeeding his father Omar, who ruled the country for some 41 years, gaining a reputation for iron-fisted rule and kleptocracy.
