{"id":54689,"date":"2024-11-04T16:03:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=54689"},"modified":"2024-11-04T19:57:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T19:57:12","slug":"equatorial-guineas-financial-crime-chief-amidst-explosive-sex-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/04\/equatorial-guineas-financial-crime-chief-amidst-explosive-sex-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Crime Chief Nabbed in Explosive Sex Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Cynthia Abah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Director General of Equatorial Guinea\u2019s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), Baltasar Ebang Engonga faces national outrage and scrutiny after investigators uncovered over 300 explicit videos allegedly involving him with various women, including high-profile individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Among those reportedly implicated are his brother\u2019s wife, his cousin, and even the sister of Equatorial Guinea&#8217;s President, making this one of the most explosive scandals to rock the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The videos, found on Engonga&#8217;s office computer, were reportedly consensual but have since leaked online, igniting a media storm. As public backlash mounts, Vice President Teodoro Nguema took to X (formerly Twitter), denouncing the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded government officials that administrative offices are no place for sexual conduct and warned that strict disciplinary actions would follow for any further violations.<\/p>\n<p>Engonga, married with six children, has long been a prominent figure in Equatorial Guinea\u2019s financial crime oversight. Now, his role in combating financial corruption is overshadowed by this scandal, raising questions about integrity at the highest levels of government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abah The Director General of Equatorial Guinea\u2019s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), Baltasar Ebang Engonga faces national outrage and scrutiny after investigators uncovered over 300 explicit videos allegedly involving him with various women, including high-profile individuals. Among those reportedly implicated are his brother\u2019s wife, his cousin, and even the sister of Equatorial Guinea&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":54696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54700,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54689\/revisions\/54700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}