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On October 5, 1993, Mba Abessole announced his candidacy for the December 1993 presidential election.

He was the main opposition candidate in the election and placed second with 26. 5 %, according to official results, while Bongo was credited with a narrow first round majority.

Denouncing the official results as fraudulent, Mba Abessole declared himself President and appointed RNB First Secretary Pierre-André Kombila as Prime Minister.

His house in Libreville, along with the opposition radio station Radio Liberty, was destroyed by the Presidential Guard in February 1994, and he went to Paris.

In March 1994, Prime Minister Casimir Oye Mba offered to include the RNB in the government, but Mba Abessole rejected the offer.

He also refused to participate in the government of Prime Minister Paulin Obame-Nguema, which was formed after the signing of the Paris Accords between the government and the opposition in October 1994.

The RNB won the late 1996 municipal election in Libreville, and M ' ba Abessole was then elected as Mayor of Libreville by the city councillors.