[3] From 1963 to 1965 he trained at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza, Spain, along with other future leaders such as Teodoro Obiang and Eulogio Oyó.
[9] He was one of the imprisoned military men who joined the so-called "Liberty Coup", being responsible for leading its troops in the city of Malabo.
[10] After the success of the coup and Obiang's consequent assumption of power, Elá Nseng became the Second Vice President of the Supreme Military Council.
[13][14][15][16][17] That same year he was decorated in Spain with the Order of Isabella the Catholic, together with Florencio Mayé Elá and Juan Manuel Tray.
[19] In February 1980, he was dismissed from office and replaced by Eulogio Oyó,[4][20] immediately assuming the post of ambassador of Equatorial Guinea to China.