An Equatorial Guinea court has sentenced the infamous Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a former senior government official, to eight years in prison for embezzlement.
News360 Info reports that Engonga went viral last year after sex tapes involving him and several women leaked online.
According to Hilario Mitogo, press director of the Supreme Court, the Bioko provincial tribunal found Engonga guilty of diverting funds meant for professional travel expenses for personal use.
He was also fined $220,000.
Engonga, a former head of the national financial investigation agency, was tried alongside five other senior officials.
They were accused of misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds.
The case follows his detention in November, when videos of him with women, including the spouses of other officials, surfaced on social media while investigations into the embezzlement charges were ongoing.
Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has filed a three-count charge against politician and online publisher, Omoyele Sowore, accusing him of making false publication and forging an official police signal.
News360 Info reports that the charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/374/2025, was filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
According to the charge, Sowore, alongside his platform, Sahara Reporters, were alleged to have conspired to commit forgery on July 30, 2025.
Part of the count reads: “That you Omoyele Sowore and Sahara Reporters on or about the 30th day of July, 2025 did conspire between yourselves to commit a felony to wit forgery and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 1 (2) (C) of Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17 Law of the Federation of Nigeria.”
The IGP further accused Sowore of forging a police wireless message, purportedly signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the Inspector-General of Police.
