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Following a major sex tape scandal, President, Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has reportedly appointed Zenón Obiang Obiang Avomo as the new Director General of the National Agency for Financial Investigation. He replaced Baltasar Ebang Engonga.
According to another local news platform, Real Equatorial Guinea, the President fired Engonga for “irregularities committed in the exercise of his functions, as well as inappropriate family and social conduct for the performance of public functions, as stated in Decree number 118/2024, dated November 4.”
Zenón Obiang Obiang Avomo holds a law degree from the National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE). He has previously held various positions, including Magistrate Judge of the Institution of Malabo, Director General of Contract Studies and State Markets at the Ministry of Finance and Budgets, Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance, Economy and Planning, and Secretary General of Mines, Industry and Energy.
Last week, videos started making the rounds on social media showing the Director of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), Baltasar Ebang Engonga engaging in sexual acts with more than 40 different women.
The women were eventually identified include the wives of prominent government officials, relatives, and personal staff.
Zenón Obiang Obiang and Ebang Engonga
According to accounts where the videos were first spread by WhatsApp groups and then posted to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X, Engonga, a married man with six children, reportedly shot more than 400 pornographic videos at his office in the finance ministry. He also shot videos in hotel rooms, restrooms, and at least once beside a river.
None of the women appeared to have been coerced by the man and most of them appeared to be with the understanding that they were being recorded.
Ebang Engonga is well-connected within the government as he is the son of the current Chairman of the Commission of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, Baltasar Engonga Edjo. He is also reportedly related to the country’s long-serving president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Due to local and international embarrassment that the released sex tape has caused to the government, the president’s family and the country at large, the government appears intent on curbing its spread, at least within its jurisdiction.
Two days ago, the. government banned its citizens from downloading and sharing multimedia files through mobile data on WhatsApp. The ban comes after the government issued previous directives to telecommunications companies, mandating them to implement measures that would limit access to inappropriate content.
Last week the country’s vice president in charge of defence and security, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said that he had given 24 hours’ notice to Equatorial Guinea’s telecommunications ministry, regulator and telephone companies to curb the distribution of pornographic videos that flooded social networks in the country.
“As the government, we cannot continue to see families destroyed,” the vice president who is also the president’s son said.
The government also ordered the installation of surveillance cameras across all state offices to deter further misconduct and ensure adherence to ethical standards in public service. Similarly, the government has suspended all civil servants who have had sexual relations in the offices of the ministries.
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue announced X that the government would order the “immediate suspension of all civil servants who have had sexual relations in the offices of the ministries, as this constitutes a flagrant violation of the code of conduct and the law on public ethics”.
This is not the first time that sex tapes involving civil servants in Equatorial Guinea have been leaked on social media. However, the government appears intent on making it the last. It remains to be seen how effective these measures will be.
Read also: Sex tape scandal: Equatorial Guinea bans citizens from downloading content from WhatsApp
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According to another local news platform, Real Equatorial Guinea, the President fired Engonga for “irregularities committed in the exercise of his functions, as well as inappropriate family and social conduct for the performance of public functions, as stated in Decree number 118/2024, dated November 4.”
Zenón Obiang Obiang Avomo holds a law degree from the National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE). He has previously held various positions, including Magistrate Judge of the Institution of Malabo, Director General of Contract Studies and State Markets at the Ministry of Finance and Budgets, Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance, Economy and Planning, and Secretary General of Mines, Industry and Energy.
Last week, videos started making the rounds on social media showing the Director of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), Baltasar Ebang Engonga engaging in sexual acts with more than 40 different women.
The women were eventually identified include the wives of prominent government officials, relatives, and personal staff.
Zenón Obiang Obiang and Ebang Engonga
According to accounts where the videos were first spread by WhatsApp groups and then posted to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X, Engonga, a married man with six children, reportedly shot more than 400 pornographic videos at his office in the finance ministry. He also shot videos in hotel rooms, restrooms, and at least once beside a river.
None of the women appeared to have been coerced by the man and most of them appeared to be with the understanding that they were being recorded.
Ebang Engonga is well-connected within the government as he is the son of the current Chairman of the Commission of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, Baltasar Engonga Edjo. He is also reportedly related to the country’s long-serving president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
Sex scandal: Equatorial Guinea Government’s effort to stem Ebang Engonga’s videos
Due to local and international embarrassment that the released sex tape has caused to the government, the president’s family and the country at large, the government appears intent on curbing its spread, at least within its jurisdiction.
Two days ago, the. government banned its citizens from downloading and sharing multimedia files through mobile data on WhatsApp. The ban comes after the government issued previous directives to telecommunications companies, mandating them to implement measures that would limit access to inappropriate content.
Last week the country’s vice president in charge of defence and security, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said that he had given 24 hours’ notice to Equatorial Guinea’s telecommunications ministry, regulator and telephone companies to curb the distribution of pornographic videos that flooded social networks in the country.
“As the government, we cannot continue to see families destroyed,” the vice president who is also the president’s son said.
The government also ordered the installation of surveillance cameras across all state offices to deter further misconduct and ensure adherence to ethical standards in public service. Similarly, the government has suspended all civil servants who have had sexual relations in the offices of the ministries.
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue announced X that the government would order the “immediate suspension of all civil servants who have had sexual relations in the offices of the ministries, as this constitutes a flagrant violation of the code of conduct and the law on public ethics”.
This is not the first time that sex tapes involving civil servants in Equatorial Guinea have been leaked on social media. However, the government appears intent on making it the last. It remains to be seen how effective these measures will be.
Read also: Sex tape scandal: Equatorial Guinea bans citizens from downloading content from WhatsApp
The post Sex tapes: Equatorial Guinea President replaces Baltasar Engonga as anti-graft boss first appeared on Technext.