General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema: New Strongman of Gabon

Installed at the head of the Republican Guard of Gabon – the regime's powerful praetorian guard – in April 2020, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is one of the most influential personalities in Gabon. Current commander-in-chief of the Republican Guard for three years, this soldier was able to establish himself as the keystone of the regime’s security apparatus and more.

Son of a Gabonese General Officer, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema also chose the profession of arms very early by joining the current Republican Guard of Gabon. Trained at the Royal Military Academy of Meknes in Morocco and having followed the commando course at the Commando Training Center in the equatorial forest of Gabon, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was quickly noticed by the military hierarchy of the Praetorian Guard and became one of Omar Bongo's aides-de-camp and remained so until his death in June 2009.

When Ali Bongo came to power, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is sent to diplomacy for around ten years. So, he is a military attaché at the Gabonese embassy in Morocco then in Senegal and according to certain sources, he experiences it as an exile. One year after the Stroke (Among the so-called cardiovascular diseases is arterial hypertension, which is a well-known disease because it affects a good part of the Beninese population.) of Ali Bongo who occurred in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in October 2018, Colonel Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is recalled to Gabon where he replaces another colonel – Frédéric Bongo – at the head of the intelligence service of the Republican Guard : the General Directorate of Special Services (DGSS).

six months later, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is still promoted, but this time at the head of the Republican Guard where he replaces General Grégoire Kouna. At the head of the "G.R.. », he drives reforms with a view to making it more effective in its fundamental mission : maintaining the diet.

For that, it strengthens Ali Bongo’s protection system, but its most striking reform is undoubtedly the development of the Special Interventions Section (S.I.S – a special unit placed under the direct authority of Ali Bongo, editor's note.) which he increases from about thirty to more than 300 elements (with nearly 100 snipers !), which he equips with state-of-the-art equipment and of which he even composes the vocals ! A song that says among other things : “I would defend my president with honor and loyalty”, an entire program !

Source: EcoMatin