Dr Dominic Ayine is the Attorney General and Minister of Justice
The High Court in Accra has ordered the Office of the Attorney General to file its witness statement(s) and disclosures in the ongoing trial of embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene.
The Office of the Attorney General slapped Adu-Boahene with 11 corruption-related charges for allegedly transferring GH¢49 million (approximately $7 million) from the bureau’s account to his personal account, among other offences.
During court proceedings on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the Deputy Attorney General, Justice Srem Sai, who was representing the state, asked for more time to file witness statements and disclosures.
This was after the court reinstated the bail conditions of Adu-Boahene at the request of the Attorney General, who asked for him to be remanded for 7 days by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to enable the state sufficient time to complete the preparation of witness statements for the case.
Justice Srem Sai asked the court for more time after the judge presiding over the case asked him whether the state had filed the necessary witness statement(s) and disclosures.
He told the judge that his understanding was that the statements were to be filed 14 days from the day the 7 days of the remand end, which is May 13, 2025.
However, the judge contended that the 14 days started from the day the court held the pleading of the prosecution.
The judge ordered that the witness statements and disclosure processes be filed and served on the accused persons no later than May 20, 2025.
The case was adjourned to May 26, 2025.
About the case:
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, disclosed that Kwabena Adu-Boahene, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), had been arrested in connection with the alleged diversion of public funds meant for a cybersecurity defence system.
Addressing the press on Monday, March 24, 2025, Dr Ayine stated that Adu-Boahene was implicated in the unauthorised transfer of $7 million, originally allocated for cybersecurity infrastructure, into his private accounts.
“In his capacity as Director of the National Signals Bureau, Mr Adu-Boahene, on January 30, 2020, signed a contract on behalf of the Government of Ghana and the National Security on the one hand, and on the other hand, an Israeli company named RLC Holdings Limited. The contract was for the purchase of a cyber defence system software at a price of $7 million,” the Attorney General said.
Providing further details, Dr Ayine disclosed that just days after signing the agreement, Adu-Boahene initiated a suspicious transaction.
“On February 6, 2020, he then transferred an initial amount of GH¢27,100,000 from the National Signals Bureau account at Fidelity Bank to a private BNC account at UMB. Official documentation on the transfer reveals that the amount was for the payment of cyber defence system software. He transferred the money to his private company,” he told the media.
According to Dr Ayine, investigations further uncovered that the former NSB boss allegedly channelled the funds not only into his personal account but also into accounts belonging to his wife.
He subsequently filed 11 corruption-related charges against Adu-Boahene and three other accused persons – the wife of Adu-Boahene, Angela Adjei Boateng; his company, Advantage Solutions Limited; and a banker, Mildred Donkor.
The charges filed against the accused persons included: stealing, contrary to Section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); conspiracy to steal, contrary to Sections 23(1) and 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960; and defrauding by false pretences, contrary to Section 131(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
Some of the other charges against them are: willfully causing financial loss to the state, contrary to Section 179A(3)(a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); using public office for profit, contrary to Section 179C(a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); and collaboration to commit a crime, to wit, using public office for profit, contrary to Section 179C(b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
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