President Arrests 8 Gov’t Officials Over Corruption
By Keefa Nuwahereza
The President of Gabon Ali Bongo has ordered the arrest of eight government officials over corruption and embezzlement of government funds.
Reports indicate that more than $142m has 'evaporated' over the past two years from the Gabon Oil Company due to corruption.
As such, oil-rich Gabon has detained eight people for theft and money-laundering as the government intensifies a crackdown on corruption, the prosecutor for the capital Libreville said on Thursday.
Workers at Gabon oil rig
The revived anti-corruption drive has seen a string of top-level arrests in the central African country, as accusations that millions of euros have disappeared from state coffers swirl around top officials.
"Eight people have been placed in preventive detention," said ...
