Senior Equatoguinean official Baltasar Ebang Engonga, author of hundreds of “sex tapes” widely leaked on social networks, was removed from his position by presidential decree and accused in a testimony broadcast on state television of having kept said videos without his consent. of the women involved.
From the Nigerian singer Davido to the French rapper Kaaris, the viral spread of intimate images taken by the director of the National Financial Investigation Agency, related to the Head of State, has caused a cascade of comments, memes and parodies on social networks, and the name “Balthazar” and the hashtag #BaltasarEbangEngonga are among the most discussed topics, along with the US presidential election.
On Wednesday, November 6, the President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, ordered by decree “the dismissal of Baltasar Ebang Engonga as director of the National Financial Investigation Agency”.
The main protagonist imprisoned for another adventure
State television TVGE broadcast on Tuesday the indignant protests of a blurry-faced woman who introduced herself as one of his partners. “I would like to know where these videos that circulate on social networks come from, I would like to know why [les] maintained without my consent »he said, thinking “humiliated” in your ” reputation “ and his ” honor “.
This woman explained that she “gave my consent” to film their antics, but I thought the footage had “was immediately removed” after seeing it.
Baltasar Ebang Engonga’s “sex videos”, filmed on unknown dates in different locations – including his office at the Ministry of Finance – and with different partners, including wives of local dignitaries, were leaked on social media while he was in prison. preventive in Black Beach prison in Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea, for a case of embezzlement of public funds.
Internet flow limitation
Its viral spread pushed the country’s authorities to limit Internet flow to stop downloads. But the Baltasar effect spread like wildfire outside of Equatorial Guinea, with songs, dances, photomontages.
The issue was even raised on Tuesday in the Kenyan Parliament: the speaker of the Assembly compared the head of a commission with “This kind man with whom women enjoyed having a good time”provoking the wrath of a deputy for his “misbehavior”.
Nicknamed “Bello” for his graceful physique, the senior official, in his fifties, married and father of a family, is the son of Baltasar Engonga Edjo’o, current president of the Economic and Monetary Community commission. from Central Africa.
Last week, the Attorney General of the Republic, Anatolio Nzang Nguema, assured that if the medical examinations reveal that he is “infected with a sexually transmitted disease”would be prosecuted for a crime against “public health”.
