Samuel Atta Akyea, the lawyer for embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has declared that he will not appeal his remand into the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
The former Abuakwa South MP stated that he prefers to step back and observe how events unfold, while accusing the Attorney General of treating him unfairly.
His comment 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.
In an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen, he criticised the circumstances surrounding the detention.
“I won’t file any appeal. I won’t waste my energy on an appeal. Let’s see how things will go after the one week. We will know whether they have any concrete evidence to support the case they have already tried in the public.
“We are now being accused of undermining EOCO’s work, but that is not the case. Now the reset rule of law says unless someone sleeps in the cell, we cannot complete our work. The logic is bizarre,” he said.
The embattled former Director-General is accused of signing a deal with an Israeli company, ISC Holdings Limited, to purchase cyber defense software for $7 million.
He is currently facing 11 counts of offences, including stealing, money laundering, defrauding by false pretenses, and willfully causing financial loss alongside three others—his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, Mildred Donkor, and Advantage Solutions Limited.
Meanwhile, the case has been adjourned to May 13 for further directions.