Baltazar Engonga
More revelations have emerged on the motivation of the platoon of women who had inappropriate relationship with Baltazar Engonga, the embattled former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency of Equatorial Guinea.
Baltazar, married with six children, who is now on trial in his country for alleged corruption and sundry criminal allegations was seen in many viral videos having carnal knowledge with many women, some said to be wives of cabinet members, clerics, daughters of top politicians and staffers in his office. He has been in the eye of the storm since the videos of his inappropriate escapades went viral, reports Political Economist NG.
Political Economist NG recalls that the videos were found by security personnel who raided his home and office following his investigation for alleged financial crimes said to have been committed by him and his cronies while in office.
Baltazar was alleged to have used many fronts and shell companies to move money out of the vaults of Equatorial Guinea through phoney contracts, and sometimes direct transfers to offshore bank accounts.
However, besides the allegedly incriminating documents and tranches of cash which the investigators found, they also chanced upon an avalanche of inappropriate tapes which were later leaked on social media and got the world talking about the moral status of Equatorial Guinea.
While some persons have accused Baltazar of masterminding the release of the tapes from detention and even knocked him for recording the inappropriate exercises he had with the women, Baltazar insisted that the recordings were done with the consent of the women.
In what now appears as an expose, Diario Rombe, an online newspaper in Equatorial Guinea with occasional English translation, has reported that there could be more to the motivation of the women than just fun and conjugal satisfaction.
Diario Rombe reports that money is at the core of the submission of the women and their consent to be recorded in the most inappropriate positions that many condemned as demeaning to womanhood.
“The women involved gave their consent and many said Baltazar paid well,” Diario Rombe reported.
Whereas the guards who investigated Baltazar had been accused of leaking the inappropriate tapes, the government of Equatorial Guinea has sued Baltazar for allegedly leaking the tapes while he was in detention, an allegation some considered as untenable.
Diario Rombe wrote: “The Obiang government’s lawsuit against Baltazar Ebang Engonga Edjo is a grotesque nonsense. Accusing him of leaking videos while in custody is as if the guards are suing him for their own negligence.
“Instead of diverting attention to this circus, the government should launch a thorough investigation against those who guarded Baltazar’s devices, who clearly could not even comply with the basics of their work.
“With a solid defense and an impartial judge (although in Guinea they all seem to be from the same family), Baltazar would easily win the trial. The women involved gave their consent and many said Baltazar paid well.
“Once again, Guinea proves to the world that it continues to build its house starting from the roof, protecting the incompetent and looking for the culprits where there are none.”
