Samuel Atta Akyes lawyer for former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has expressed confidence that the corruption trial involving his client will not suffer the same fate as the case involving New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
According to him, the charges against Mr Adu-Boahene are baseless and do not reflect the facts of the case.
Speaking to the media at the court on Wednesday, Mr Atta Akyea said he was optimistic about the outcome of the trial, insisting that the facts of the case would vindicate his client.
“I am very, very optimistic. There is nothing about Adu-Boahene that anybody is inventing. Everything we are saying about Adu-Boahene is based on facts,” he said.
He stressed that the case would not collapse in a similar manner to Chairman Wontumi’s Samreboi mining case unless there were undisclosed issues beyond what is currently before the court.
“It cannot end up like Wontumi’s case. Unless there are other issues that we don’t know, it can never be,” he said.
Describing the charges as unfounded, Mr Atta Akyea said he was disappointed that a former head of a national security institution was standing trial over the matter.
“It is a very bogus case, to say the least. I am very ashamed that a whole National Security is on trial,” he stated.
The lawyer argued that the matter could have been handled internally within the security establishment if proper processes had been followed.
“I don’t see how these matters did not go through their internal processes for them to treat it as an internal matter. If they had done that and realised that the man had not stolen any money, then we would not be here,” he said.
Mr Atta Akyea added that some people may not fully understand the operational issues surrounding national security work, which he believes has contributed to the prosecution.
Kwabena Adu-Boahene is standing trial together with his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, and two others for allegedly stealing GH¢49.1 million from the state in connection with a purported contract to procure a cybersecurity system for Ghana.
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