Benin: Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh’s former bodyguard reportedly arrested in Cotonou

According to Panorama Papers and Camer.be, Mfoula Évariste Junior, a former corporal-chef in Cameroon’s Rapid Intervention Battalion, was reportedly arrested in Cotonou by Benin’s judicial police criminal brigade on October 27, 2026. The reported reasons for the arrest, his place of detention and the next steps in the case remain unknown, and no official confirmation has been identified. The report follows Mfoula’s accusation that Céline Ngoh Ngoh, wife of minister Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, forced him into a relationship under threat while he was assigned to protect the couple; the allegations have not been established in court. The sources reviewed do not establish a connection between those allegations and his reported arrest.