One of Equatorial Guinea’s president’s sons has been arrested on suspicion of illegally selling a plane belonging to the national airline. According to state media, Ruslan Obiang Nsue is accused of selling the 74-seater turboprop to a Canary Islands-based company.
When it was discovered that the plane had gone missing while undergoing routine maintenance in Spain last year, an investigation was launched. The suspect used to run Equatorial Guinea’s national airline, a country firmly in the hands of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema’s family, which has been in power for 43 years.