A source close to the deposed president says those celebrating the coup should not expect much change.
Our source said that the coup caught everyone unawares, despite rumours floating around Gen Nguema.
It is said that just before Omar Bongo's death in 2009, Gen Nguema promised him he would look after his family. However, when Ali Bongo took over, the military man was sent away to serve as an attaché to the Gabonese embassies in Morocco and Senegal. The coup has seen many people take to the streets of the Gabonese capital, Libreville, to celebrate but our source says this is mainly because "they wanted to be freed from the Bongo family name".
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