Equatorial Guinea Fires Financial Investigation Chief Baltasar Engonga Amid Scandal Involving Top Officials’ Wives

Equatorial Guinea Fires Financial Investigation Chief Baltasar Engonga Amid Scandal Involving Top Officials’ Wives

Equatorial Guinea Fires Financial Investigation Chief Baltasar Engonga Amid Scandal Involving Top Officials’ Wives

Equatorial Guinea has dismissed Baltasar Ebang Engonga, Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), following a scandal that gained international attention.

Engonga was removed from his position after over 400 explicit videos surfaced online, showing him involved with multiple high-profile women, including the wives of prominent officials.

The videos allegedly depict Engonga in romantic affairs with his brother’s wife, the vice president’s wife, and the inspector general of police’s wife, among others.

The government announced Engonga’s dismissal in a statement formalized through Decree No. 118/2024, dated November 4, citing “alleged misconduct in office” and behavior considered “incompatible with public office.”

The statement reads;

“According to Real Equatorial Guinea, the dismissal of Mr. Engonga, the son of Baltasar Engonga Edjo (current president of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa, CEMAC), was formalised in Decree No. 118/2024, dated November 4.”

“The decree cited Mr. Engonga’s alleged misconduct in office and his family-related and social behavior as incompatible with public office,”

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