Top official in secret visit to African country

Eyebrows were raised at the highest levels of the government after the story reached them about a top bureaucrat of a ministry who is on leave.

They found that he had travelled beyond the western capital when he sought leave. It was to an African country. The top bosses were unaware of it.

To make matters worse, he had been accompanied by a person who had struck it rich in a trade related to the sea. They say he is underwriting the costs.