Niksic questioned by POSKOK over Spengavanje affair
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier Nermin Niksic was before prosecutors on October 12 in the Munjic and Others case. No indictment decision yet, no deadline given.
Nermin Niksic, premier of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was questioned on October 12 by the Special Department for Combating Corruption, Organized and Intercantonal Crime, known as POSKOK. The case is formally titled “Munjic and Others” and is known in public as the “Spengavanje” affair. In a neighboring country that is a candidate for EU membership, the head of government of one of its two entities is being questioned while prosecutors weigh whether to bring an indictment.
The questioning, which was under way, was confirmed to N1, and POSKOK said that hearing Niksic is part of its regular activities in this case. According to RTRS, prosecutors will question him as a suspect. Neither source says the questioning has ended, and neither reports any statement from the premier afterward.
Who are the suspects in the Munjic and Others case?
There are four suspects:
- Vahidin Munjic, then acting director of the Federal Police Administration (FUP)
- Muhamed Ohranovic, an FUP employee
- Arijana Huseinovic-Ajanovic, head of Niksic’s cabinet
- Ervin Musinovic, director of the Police Academy of the Federal Interior Ministry
Federal prosecutors say there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the four abused their positions and traded in influence over a long period. All four were earlier barred from contact with nine people: Niksic, Refik Begic, Ramo Isak, Amina Imamovic, Almedina Sacerovic, Alma Cengic, Sead Saric, Almin Hopovac and Safet Trakic. The measures therefore were not imposed on the premier but on the suspects, in relation to him and the others on that list. Among them is Federal Interior Minister Ramo Isak, who, according to RTRS, is expected to give a statement.
Where did the affair begin?
The affair broke in October 2025, when messages from Vahidin Munjic’s phone reached the public. According to RTRS, the messages exchanged by Munjic, Niksic, Huseinovic-Ajanovic, Ohranovic and others concern, among other things, “spengavanje” of people who were subjects of police and prosecution proceedings, hiring and appointments in public institutions, and information about police operations.
Prosecutors claim that messages on Viber and Signal reveal arrangements on hiring at the FUP, including passing along test questions, as well as lobbying for appointments. They also mention the hiring of Munjic’s relative at the public company BH Posta, in which Huseinovic-Ajanovic allegedly acted as intermediary.
The gravest single allegation concerns the premier’s own case. According to the prosecution, Munjic, as acting director of the FUP, photographed and forwarded a confidential Cantonal Prosecutor’s Office document relating to checks against Niksic, aware that he was jeopardizing the investigation. Prosecutors also assess that this was systematic conduct aimed at achieving personal and political interests, which, they say, undermined public trust in institutions and the judicial system.
What happens after the questioning?
After the questioning, prosecutors decide whether to bring an indictment in this case. No deadline for that decision has been given. Until then, the presumption of innocence applies to everyone named, and the allegations of suspicion and messages so far come solely from the prosecution.
