Gabonese people share their hopes ahead of a vote on April 12 to pick a president with junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema the hot favourite to become the oil-rich country's first elected leader since his August 2023 coup. "We want it to work the way we want it to, cleanly, with no mess," says, Eddy Edu Olloum, a day labourer. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES