80-year-old Equatorial Guinea prez wins sixth straight term with over 94% of votes

President of Equatorial Guinea has won re-election for the sixth consecutive time extendig his stay in office to beyond four decades.

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, secured almost 95% of votes, in a vote he was largely expected to win.

Officials results were released over the weekend by the national poll body six days after the vote.

Obiang Nguema

Read full articleis the world's longest-serving president and is the country's only second president after overthrowing his uncle to take power in 1979.

"The results prove us right again," Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the president's son, said. "We continue to be a great party."

According to Western media channels like the BBC, President Obiang has a strong grip on the oil-rich central African nation, with family members in key government roles.

He seized power in 1979 after a military takeover and has survived several purported coup attempts.

SARA