Digital television case: First Lady’s brother remains free in Equatorial Guinea
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Diario Rombe
In the case involving the rollout of terrestrial digital television in Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Biyogo Nsue Okomo, brother of First Lady Constancia Mangue, remains free while other people implicated have been detained for more than two years at Black Beach prison without trial, according to Diario Rombe. The investigation concerns the transfer of 531,839,682 CFA francs, or about 810,780 euros, through a front man.
Diario Rombe says Teodoro Biyogo Nsue Okomo, brother of Equatorial Guinea’s First Lady Constancia Mangue Nsue Okomo, remains free in the case involving the terrestrial digital television contract, while other people implicated have been held for more than two years at Black Beach prison without trial. The outlet also reports allegations of mistreatment in detention.
According to Diario Rombe, Attorney General Anatolio Nzang Nguema is said to have identified Biyogo Nsue as the operation’s main beneficiary. A gendarmerie investigation reportedly identified an intermediary, Jesús Cántaro Nsegue Nzang, known as Ebaco, through whom 531,839,682 CFA francs, or about 810,780 euros, allegedly passed.
The outlet reports that a collaboration contract was signed on 30 November 2021 between Grupo Candy, represented by Biyogo Nsue, and Wayang Teknikal Solucoes G.E.S.L., represented by Spanish entrepreneur Miguel Macarro Herrero. It claims Constancia Mangue prevented her brother from being questioned and threatened the attorney general if he pursued him. These allegations have not been established by a court ruling in the information reported by Diario Rombe.
The case comes amid reports that the Equatorial Guinean First Lady received the US ambassador on 16 October, and that 201 military personnel were arrested over alleged leaks, according to headlines published on 16 and 21 October.
