Authorities said Thursday that opposition leader Joseph Redjambe, whose death in a hotel room sparked a week of riots in the central African country, died of natural causes and not from foul play.
An autopsy on Redjambe's body revealed no traces of violence and that the syringe marks on his body were due to a treatment for diabetes, French and Gabonese officials said.Death was said to be from natural causes.
Redjambe's death in a Libreville hotel room last week sparked riots across the country and nearly halted oil production. Redjambe was found with syringe marks on his abdomen and officials said the Ivory Coast woman he met there has disappeared. The government has not permitted Redjambe's funeral to occur for fear it might spark further riots.