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Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Equatorial Guinea goalkeeper Jesus Owono has an extra incentive ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final, after being given a chance to own a piece of pop music history.<\/p>\n

Owono, 20, has been offered a glove worn by Michael Jackson if he can help the team go on and lift the trophy on Sunday, February 6.<\/p>\n

The country’s vice-president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, who was handed a three-year suspended jail term for corruption by a French court in 2017, is the man who has put his memorabilia on the line.<\/p>\n

Equatorial Guinea, ranked 114th in the world, face 2019 runners-up Senegal in the last eight on Sunday (19:00 GMT).<\/p>\n

“The results of the Nzalang National have us all euphoric, but I want to focus on our young goalkeeper, Jesus Owono,” Obiang tweeted.<\/p>\n

“If [Equatorial Guinea] wins the Nations Cup, I’ll give him one of Michael Jackson’s gloves for his impressive work during the competition.”<\/p>\n

Owono, who plays for Spanish side Deportivo Alaves, has kept three clean sheets at the tournament in Cameroon and proved to be a penalty-saving expert.<\/p>\n

He denied Kei Kamara from 12 yards in their final group match against Sierra Leone to help seal a 1-0 win and kept out two spot-kicks in the 6-5 shoot-out win over Mali in the last 16.<\/p>\n

Obiang is the son of Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Africa’s longest-serving leader, who seized power in 1979 and is described by rights organisations as one of Africa’s most brutal dictators.<\/p>\n

His 53-year-old son – known for his lavish lifestyle and love of Jackson memorabilia – was appointed a government minister in 1998.<\/p>\n

A $275,000 crystal-covered glove which the singer wore on his 1980s Bad tour is among his collection, which includes at least three items of Jackson’s famous hand wear.<\/p>\n

Jackson, dubbed the King of Pop, won 13 Grammy awards while his 1982 album Thriller is the biggest-selling album of all time. He died in June 2009 aged 50.<\/p>\n

Last year Obiang, who has been accused of embezzling state funds, was among five people to receive “anti-corruption” sanctions from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Swiss prosecutors seized 11 luxury cars belonging to him, and said Obiang had plundered his country’s oil wealth to buy luxuries, including a private jet and Jackson memorabilia.<\/p>\n

A year later, a French court handed down his suspended jail term following a trial, from which he was absent, which found him guilty of embezzlement.<\/p>\n

The court ruled his assets in France should be seized, including a 25m euro (\u00a328m; $30m) mansion in Paris. He also got a suspended fine of 30m euros (\u00a327m; $35m).<\/p>\n

The Paris judge found that the president’s son had used his position as agriculture and forestry minister to siphon off payments from timber firms who were exporting from Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n

Obiang had acquired a collection of luxury assets and properties in France, and also boasted 18 luxury cars in France, artworks, jewellery and expensive designer fashions, the court found.<\/p>\n

He denied the charges, saying his wealth had come from legitimate sources.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Obiang has made such a gesture to his country’s national football team.<\/p>\n

When Equatorial Guinea co-hosted the Nations Cup in 2012, Obiang paid the squad a $1m (\u00a3641,000) bonus for beating Libya in their opening match of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Equatorial Guinea, a small country on the west coast of Africa, struck oil in 1995 and is one of the continent’s major oil exporters.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, most of its 1.4m-strong population lives in poverty.<\/p>\n

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