A prosecution witness in the case against former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has disputed Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine’s claim that the GH₵49.1 million involved equates to a $7 million transaction.
In a statement on June 2, 2025, the witness admitted she was the custodian of all the cheque books for the bank accounts held by the Bureau.
She explained that before any cheque could be issued from the main account, the recipient unit would submit a request through the Head of Administration. This request, with all necessary documents attached, would then be forwarded to the Director of BNC for approval and subsequently certified by the Internal Audit Unit before payment authorization.
She noted that, according to standard procedure, the BNC’s operational account is managed by its Director under the supervision of the National Security Coordinator.
The source insisted that the GH₵49.1 million in question was not part of any dollar-based transaction but was disbursed in cedis as part of special operations funds allocated for specific national security assignments.
This account supports the defence put forward by Adu-Boahene, who maintains that the funds were used for various operational activities, including payments to Members of Parliament and support for election-related engagements, all under the remit of national security.
Mr. Adu-Boahene’s legal team has consistently argued that the Bureau of National Communications account operated as a special operations account, while the BNC Communications Bureau account functioned as a special-purpose vehicle for handling sensitive transactions.
The witness also confirmed that payments were made to the Israeli company ISC Holdings Limited, which delivered the cyber defense system for the National Signals Bureau.
“I know of ISC Holdings Limited. A1 (Kwabena Adu-Boahene) gave me an invoice of US$7,000,000 dated September 1, 2020, to transfer funds to ISC Holdings Limited. The Bureau commenced payments on October 15, 2020. We made payments to ISC Holdings Limited from BNC’s Fidelity Bank account.
“I know that BNC paid as much as $3,110,000 in respect of this invoice. I have copies of the invoice and the payments. I wish to tender them as evidence (INDEX EROA1). This transaction is related to the case against A1, A2, A3, and A4,” the witness detailed.
ALSO READ: