Former Director of the NSB, Kwabena Adu-Boahene
The former Director of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has alleged that GH¢960,000 (approximately $160,000) of the GHC 49 million under investigation was used to pay allowances to members of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee to facilitate the passage of the National Signals Bureau Act (2020).
In a letter written from EOCO custody, where he is currently on remand, Adu-Boahene provided a summary of “Special Operations Expenditure” during the sensitive transition period after the 2024 general elections.
The document listed the GH¢960,000 payment as part of expenditures for the 2020/2021 fiscal year, specifically for the enactment of the NSB Act 2020.
Denial of wrongdoing
Adu-Boahene, who faces 11 charges including stealing, money laundering, and causing financial loss to the state, has strongly denied any misconduct.
He maintains that all expenditures during his tenure were lawful and aligned with national security interests.
“I give you my highest assurances that Angela [wife] and I would never steal public funds, as is being deliberately and wickedly portrayed by the Attorney-General. In any case, how does one steal public funds in the manner being described by the Attorney-General without being flagged by the Auditor-General?
“Further, I give you my highest assurances that Angela [wife] and I would never take what does not belong to us, even if privately arranged. We are full of content with the modest blessings God has given us,” he wrote.
Kwabena Adu-Boahene also accused the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Raymond Archer, of deliberately misrepresenting or distorting facts to the authorities.
According to Adu-Boahene, this conduct is creating unnecessary public alarm that risks embarrassing both the government and national security.
“What is evidently clear is that the EOCO boss, Raymond Archer is deliberately misrepresenting or distorting the facts to the authorities, and in the process causing unnecessary sensation that could embarrass the government and national security, and I am craving your urgent intervention to avert it before it becomes too late,” Adu-Boahene wrote.
Case update
Kwabena Adu-Boahene has officially been charged with 11 counts of stealing, including the alleged transfer of GH¢49 million (approximately $7 million) from the bureau’s account to his personal account, among other offenses.
The suit, which was filed at the High Court in Accra, also had three other accused persons, including 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: wilfully 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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