three relatives of Teodoro Obiang indicted by the Spanish justice

Published on : 04/01/2023 – 15:53

Spain’s National Court, one of the country’s highest courts, has indicted three prominent politicians for ” terrorism » et « torture “. They are Carmelo Ovono Obiang, one of the sons of the leader Teodoro Obiang, in power since 1979 in Equatorial Guinea, and head of the security service abroad, Nicolas Obama Nichama, head of internal security, and of Isaac Nguema Endo, Director General of Presidential Security.

With our correspondent in Madrid, Francois Musseau

This case begins in 2020, when two Spanish citizens of Guinean origin, Feliciano Efa Mangue, 44, and Julio Obama Mefuman, 51, are brought to South Sudan. It would then be a maneuver by the Guinean security services, because as soon as they arrive at the airport, they are arrested and forced to take another plane to Equatorial Guinea where they are taken to prison. And there, it is the object of their complaint, they are subjected to terrible tortures. They claim that two other opponents of Obiang’s regime are being tortured with them.

An investigation has since been carried out with the utmost discretion.

And it is today that the Spanish judge Pedraz takes action by indicting three important men of the Guinean regime. If he can do it, it is because the plaintiffs have Spanish nationality. And also because two of the defendants have roots in Spain. The first, Carmelo Ovono Obiang, alias Didi, one of the dictator’s sons, lives in Marbella and has two apartments in Barcelona and Toledo. The second, Nicolas Obama Nchama, alias Nico, has a home in Villalbilla, near Madrid. As for the third, Isaac Nguema Endo, suspected by the National Audience of being the main torturer, he travels frequently between the two countries.

For his part, the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodorin Obiang, and all-powerful son of the head of state, accused Spain of ” interference ». « These terrorists were arrested by the Sudanese authorities (sic) and extradited to Equatorial Guinea ” under a “ international arrest warrant issued by Malabo, says the vice-president.