According to the announcement made Tuesday on state television, Ruslan Obiang has been placed under house arrest. He is suspected of having sold a plane from the national airline to a Spanish company.
In October 2018, Ruslan Obiang was director of the national company Ceiba Intercontinental. At the same time, an ATR 72 500 from the company was sent for technical overhaul in Spain. But since then, he has never returned to Equatoguinean soil.
After the opening of an investigation by the authorities last December, Ruslan Obiang, arrested on the orders of his half-brother, confessed on Monday to having signed a sales contract with BinterTechnic, a maintenance company based in the Canary Islands. In a press release, the presidency indicates that the money from the sale has been paid into its ” personal account “. ” I won’t get carried away with favoritism », declares on Twitter, the vice-president of the country Teodorin Obiang. ” I ordered the immediate arrest by Ruslan Obiang, he continues.
In France, Teodorin Obiang was sentenced by the courts in the so-called “ill-gotten gains” case: luxury cars, watches and apartments in Paris. The equivalent of 150 million euros of goods were seized. According to a researcher contacted by RFI and who wishes to remain anonymous, Teodorin Obiang wants to present himself ” as an anti-corruption hero “. A sign that the fight for his father’s succession to the presidency has already begun.