Civil servants caught having sex in their offices will face “severe measures”, the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea has warned after hundreds of allegedly pornographic videos were leaked to the public.

The videos reportedly involve high-ranking civil servant Baltasar Ebang Engonga having sex with various women – including the wives of prominent officials – in his office.

Mr Engonga is head of the country’s National Financial Investigation Agency and also a relative of the country’s president.

He has not yet commented about the sex videos.

Vice-President Teodoro Obiang Mangue said any officials found engaging in sex acts at work would be suspended as this was a “flagrant violation of the code of conduct”.

He has also ordered the installation of surveillance cameras in courts and ministries to combat “indecent and illicit acts”.

A statement from the vice-president’s office said the decision had been taken in the wake of the widely circulated videos which had “denigrated the image of the country”.

It added that he had recommended opening an investigation.

The videos in question were leaked after Mr Engonga was arrested on separate corruption charges, state television TVGE said.

Last week, Vice-President Obiang said “pornographic videos” had been “flooding” social media and ordered telecoms companies to curb the spread.

Since then, the flow of internet traffic – particularly the downloading of images – has been severely disrupted in the country, people in Equatorial Guinea told the AFP news agency.

As head of the National Financial Investigation Agency, Mr Engonga works on tackling financial crimes such as money laundering.

Following the furore over the videos, Equatorial Guinea’s chief prosecutor Anatolio Nzang Nguema told state TV that if Mr Engonga was found to have been “infected with a sexually transmitted disease” he would be prosecuted for an offence against “public health”.

He is reportedly nicknamed “Bello” – Spanish for beautiful – on account of his good looks

Sex tapes: E’Guinea installs CCTV in offices, suspends officials

The government in Equatorial Guinea has commenced a probe into hundreds of leaked pornographic videos allegedly involving high-ranking civil servant, Baltasar Engonga, having sex with various women, including wives of prominent officials in his office.

The government has further ordered the installation of surveillance cameras in courts and ministries to combat “indecent and illicit acts.”

It also announced that it was suspending officials involved in the scandal, according to a statement issued by the Equatorial Guinea Press and Information Office, published on the government’s website on Tuesday.

Vice-President Teodoro Mangue on Tuesday said any official found engaging in sex acts at work would be sanctioned as this was a “flagrant violation of the code of conduct.”

The government said the recent decisions had been taken in the wake of the widely circulated videos which had “denigrated the image of the country.”

“Among the decisions taken are the suspension of employment of the officials who appear in the homemade adult videos circulating on the networks, severe measures for the members assigned to the surveillance of the inmates for not fulfilling their duties and allowing such acts, as well as the reinforcement of security in all judicial offices in the country; in addition to the installation of surveillance cameras in the judicial and ministerial offices,” the statement said.

“The Executive has made this decision in the wake of the sexual videos that have gone viral on social media in recent days, which have denigrated the image of the country.

“And in order to correct this bad behaviour of some officials of the public and judicial administration of Equatorial Guinea, the Vice President of the Republic, concerned about this situation, has urgently summoned the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Attorney General of the Republic, and several members of the government headed by the Prime Minister, to adopt strategies to stop this type of behaviour and thus propose preventive measures,” it added.

The social media has been agog following the arrest of Engonga who is the Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, for allegedly recording over 400 sex tapes of the wives of notable people in the country.

The scandal emerged in the course of a fraud investigation against the 54-year-old economist which resulted in the search of his house and office on impromptu notice by ANIF officials who came across several CDs that later revealed his sexcapades with different married women.

Ever since the sex tapes leaked on the internet, different reactions have trailed the news described as the biggest sex scandal in the country and perhaps Africa.

The videos reportedly include encounters with high-profile individuals, such as his brother’s wife, his cousin, the sister of the President of Equatorial Guinea, the Director-General of Police’s wife, and about 20 of the country’s ministers’ wives, among others.

Leaked sextape: Baltasar Engonga is every woman’s dream – Actress Sarah Martins

Controversial Nigerian actress, Sarah Martins has shared her thoughts on why Baltasar Engonga, the embattled Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, is every woman’s dream.

MEZIESBLOG reports that a leaked tape of Engonga engaging in sexual activities with over 400 women, including the sister of Equatorial Guinea’s President and married government officials, has been generating controversy on social media.

Reacting to the diverse reactions on the internet, the actress who seems to have watched some of the leaked sex videos, stated that Engonga is every woman’s dream because of his prowess in bed.

“Jokes aside, that Equatorial Guinea guy is every woman’s dream man. The man is so skilled, very soft. He is very much in charge in bed, top notch energy, understands every mood, plays Naija songs on every. Omo he’s a full spec make we no lie.

“Some women willingly gave themselves to him for exploitation while some women were given to him as settlement to wipe off their husbands bad record from system. Man’s so hot.”

Recall that singer Davido has also reacted to the viral tapes.