Baltasar Engonga: Viral Video Of Man In Shackles In Courthouse Not Former ANIF Boss, Details Drop
- A viral video implying that Equatorial Guinea's former ANIF boss, Baltasar Engonga, had appeared before a court following his alleged involvement in fraud is unfortunately not true
- According to background checks by YEN.com.gh, the video was captured in 2022 in the unaliving trial of 36-year-old Zimbabwe national Lovemore Sithole
- Mr Sithole was accused of unaliving Tlotso, who went missing in March 2022 in Lobatse, Botswana
- Many interested social media users shared their views on the video in the comment section of the viral Instagram post
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A viral video purporting to be Equatorial Guinea's former Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), Baltasar Ebang Engonga, appearance in court over fraud allegations and for his more than 400 private videos, has surfaced online.
Source: Instagram
Baltasar Engonga not person in viral court video
In the video parading on social media, it was alleged that Mr Engonga was leaving the courthouse and a security official was seen fixing shackles on his feet and escorting him out of the court premises.
Accoridng to YEN.com.gh's background checks, the viral video was not the former ANIF boss who stepped out of the court premises towards his car, and was met with a heavy media presence with multiple journalists seeking to take snapshots or get a comment.
The video was taken in 2022 and it was about the unaliving trial of 36-year-old Zimbabwe national Lovemore Sithole who was accused of unaliving Tlotso, who went missing in March 2022 in Lobatse, Botswana.
In a viral video, the journalists were seen trying to get answers to their curious questions while security officials pushed them aside to make way for Mr Sithole to get into the car waiting to take him into custody.
The original video of Lovemore Sithole.
The viral video netizens have mistaken to be Baltasar Engonga.
Reactions to Baltasar Engonga in court
Below are the diverse opinions of social media users regarding the wrong video which was purported to be Mr Engonga's appearance before the court:
iam_olayombo said:
"See wetin too much enjoyment dey cause 😂😂😂"
nickie_dabarbie said:
"Main crime was ‘Diversion of funds’.. they were investigating the crime when they fortunately found the tapes on his hard drive."😂😂😂"
veronicasdaughter said:
😅😅😅😅 he is suffering for the wives he sampled, not really his financial crimes"
oluwakemi._o said:
"d man look so innocent 😂 I com dey fear people wey look innocent now o"
prince_ii said:
"Don’t pity him. He’s probably safer in custody."
excellent_pinna said:
"But why cuff him like that? Did he kill anyone"
kvng_mst said:
"A man with 6 kids who slept with about 400 women and none of them got pregnant 🤔"
Baltasar's beautiful wife's photos trend
YEN.com.gh reported that Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the former Director General of ANIF, went viral after details of his adult tapes surfaced online.
Photos of his beautiful wife have surfaced online, with many people feeling sad for her and their six children.
Netizens talked about how beautiful she looked while talking about the ill-treatment she had received from the renowned politician.
Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh
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