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A jaw-dropping scandal has shaken Equatorial Guinea to its core, implicating one of the country’s most prominent political figures in a torrid web of affairs and deceit. Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the head of Equatorial Guinea’s National Agency for Financial Investigation (ANIF), has reportedly been caught with a shocking stash of over 400 intimate recordings featuring his encounters with hundreds of married women—including some of the country’s most elite, high-ranking officials’ wives. The tapes, unearthed during a corruption investigation, have exposed Engonga in a scandal of unprecedented scale, involving ministers’ spouses, government attorneys, and even his own family members’ partners.

Engonga, a married father of six, stands accused of secretly recording encounters with his female partners—who, according to sources, include his younger brother’s wife, his uncle’s pregnant spouse, and the wife of the presidential security head. Beyond his own family, Engonga’s alleged partners reportedly also include the Attorney General’s wife, ministers’ wives, the commissioner of police’s daughter, and countless other married women, both in and outside government circles.

Investigators reportedly found dozens of DVDs and computer files containing the explicit footage at his home. The encounters allegedly took place in a variety of locations—from his office and local hotels to more public spaces—suggesting a disturbing pattern of exploitation and deception. The videos, reportedly stored meticulously on dozens of discs and Engonga’s personal computer, have left Equatorial Guinea’s government in a state of disarray, with many officials reeling from the magnitude of the betrayal and breach of trust.

The scandal has cast a shadow over the country’s political elite, raising questions about abuse of power and exposing the cracks in the veneer of respectability among some of Equatorial Guinea’s high-ranking officials. As the nation watches this explosive situation unfold, Engonga’s reputation—and potentially his political future—appear irreparably damaged, marking one of the most sensational political scandals in recent history.