The Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been dismissed following the discovery of over 400 explicit videos involving him with high-profile women across the country.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that the dismissal, ordered by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, was confirmed by Real Equatorial Guinea, which cited Decree No. 118/2024, issued on November 4.
According to the decree, the top government official’s removal was due to alleged professional misconduct and personal behavior incompatible with his public role.
The scandal emerged in the course of a fraud investigation against the 54-year-old Economist, which resulted in the search of his house and office on impromptu notice by ANIF officials who came across several CDs that later revealed his sexcapades with different married women.
The leaked recordings said to have been consensually filmed, have sparked widespread public outrage and intense scrutiny of the government’s top anti-corruption official.
Meanwhile, Equatorial Guinea‘s Vice President, Teddy Nguema on Tuesday announced an extensive plan to install surveillance cameras in all state offices to combat misconduct and ensure strict adherence to public service laws.
The initiative, which was disclosed via the microblogging platform, X formerly Twitter marks a significant push toward greater transparency and accountability within the country’s public sector.
“We have taken this measure to ensure compliance with the law on public officials and to eradicate improper and illicit behavior,” the post read.