Baltasar Engonga: “Women Not Any Less Guilty Than Men”, Prominent Thought Leader Speaks

Baltasar Engonga: “Women Not Any Less Guilty Than Men”, Prominent Thought Leader Speaks

  • The former director-general of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been enmeshed in sex scandals
  • The National Gendarmerie of Malabo (The Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea) has already invited some women who appeared in recorded videos with Engonga to report the cases and file their complaints
  • Wading into the matter, Femi Ipadeola, a former rector of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, stated that the leaks imply that "women are not any less guilty than men when it comes to marital infidelity"

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Malabo, Equatorial Guinea - Femi Ipadeola, a thought leader in Nigeria, on Sunday, November 10, said women are not innocent with regard to marital infidelity.

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Ipadeola's stance comes amid dozens of leaked sex tapes involving Baltasar Engonga that have rocked the internet in the past few days. Engonga, until his sack last week, was the director of Equatorial Guinea's National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF).

Ebang Baltasar's leaked tapes: Women not innocent
Baltasar Ebang Engonga (left), a top government official in Equatorial Guinea, is at the centre of a scandal that's stirred string conversations in Africa. Photo credit: @FIpadeola, @malcolmx0025
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Ipadeola, a former acting rector of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo state, wrote on his known X (formerly Twitter) page:

"More than anything, the Ebang Baltasar sex tapes have clearly shown us that women are not any less guilty than men when it comes to marital infidelity."

Legit.ng recalls that embattled Engonga was alleged to have slept with partners of ministers, directors, solicitor general, and director of presidential security.

A daughter of the director-general of the Equatorial Guinean police was also said to be among the women Engonga slept with.

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Allegedly with participants’ consent, the now-viral recordings were shot in his workplace, hotels, and restrooms.

All officials accused of having sex in ministry offices were suspended, with the government also announcing plans to install surveillance cameras in all government offices.

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Pastor warns against watching Engonga's videos

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Daniel Olawande, the lead pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) The Envoys, Lagos, warned Christians against searching for Engonga’s 400 leaked tapes.

The Lagos pastor said Christians who are searching the internet for the video, require " fasting, prayers, and intense word therapy for about seven days minimum".

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Ridwan Adeola (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.