Samuel Atta Akyea, legal counsel for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) head Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has condemned his client’s prosecution as a travesty of justice.
The lawyer disclosed that he has ceased all communication with Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine, citing concerns that their conversations might be recorded and misrepresented.
This development follows an Accra High Court ruling to remand Adu-Boahene in EOCO custody for seven working days to allow the Attorney General’s office time to complete witness statements.
The case has been adjourned to May 13 for further directions.
Atta Akyea accused the prosecution of employing delay tactics and acting in bad faith.
He said he would no longer engage with the Attorney General, expressing fears that any communication could be leaked or distorted.
“I don’t want to eat a meal which is not cooked. I thought we should wait. And then what they [Attorney General] said in the press, that they will never prosecute anybody unless they have all the evidence – you see, this cancels the initial position. We don’t have the evidence, but we rushed the man to court and then plead with the court for more time.”
The lawyer insisted his client deserves a fair trial, free from procedural manipulation.
“That is a travesty of justice – playing with the liberty of the individual,” he told journalists at the court premises.
The court ruling followed previous proceedings that were adjourned to consider a bail application.
Prosecutors argued they needed more time to prepare their case. EOCO officials subsequently took Adu-Boahene into custody immediately after the court’s decision.
Background
Attorney General Dominic Ayine has formally charged the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, with corruption-related offences amounting to several millions of cedis.
Alongside two others – Mildred Donkor and Advantage Solutions Limited – they face 11 counts, including stealing, money laundering, defrauding by false pretences, and wilfully causing financial loss.
According to court documents filed on Wednesday, April 30, Adu-Boahene, who oversaw critical national security infrastructure, including contracts with foreign entities, signed a $7 million deal with Israeli firm ISC Holdings Limited to procure cyber defence software.
He is alleged to have diverted approximately GH¢49 million (around $7 million) from NSB funds into his personal accounts, falsely claiming the transactions were legitimate payments for the software, in collusion with his accomplice.
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