Officials in Equatorial Guinea will install surveillance cameras in government offices following a scandal involving a government official accused of recording explicit videos of himself having sex with multiple women in his office.
Over the weekend, Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue announced on X that Baltasar Ebang Engonga, director of the country’s National Financial Investigation Agency, has been suspended and is under investigation, according to ABC News. Investigators searching Engonga’s belongings found up to 400 videos of him engaging in sexual acts with several women, some allegedly wives and relatives of prominent officials.
After Engonga’s arrest on corruption charges, several of these videos leaked online, sparking outrage within the government. According to BBC News, national internet traffic has significantly slowed as telecommunication companies attempt to prevent the spread of the explicit content.
Engonga is under further investigation for allegedly spreading disease, as authorities determine whether he deliberately engaged in these acts to harm public health.
Equatorial Guinea’s chief prosecutor, Anatolio Nzang Nguema, stated that if Engonga has a sexually transmitted disease, he could face additional charges for threatening public health. It remains unclear if the encounters were consensual or if complaints were filed by any of the women involved.
In a statement, Vice President Mangue said to prevent this from happening again, surveillance cameras would be installed in offices, and any official caught doing anything sexual would be suspended. In response to the news, Engonga reportedly shared a Facebook post expressing his sadness with a picture of himself, a woman, and children alongside a caption that read, “Family is everything.”
