A photo collage of Bright Simons and Kwabena Adu-Boahene
Honorary Vice President of IMANI-Africa, Bright Simons, has raised questions about the leaked memo from the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, describing certain aspects as irrelevant distortions.
Speaking on NewsFile on JoyNews and monitored by GhanaWeb on May 10, 2025, he said;”If you are saying that somehow money was abused in that project and used for unauthorised black ops or something of that nature, what has that got to do with you diverting money That’s the point I’m making — that they are irrelevant distortions. The only thing they do is open up conversations for the misuse of other funds in national security,” he noted.
Simons also pointed out that the Attorney General has expressed confidence that the diversions of funds were not correct, and no evidence has been provided to prove otherwise.
“He (Adu-Boahene) tags the BNC account as his private account for which monies from the National Signals Bureau went into and were then used to do these activities. Now, he’s pointing out to us that this account was duly authorised, and it was for the special services by the National Security.
“He said that the Attorney General’s attempt to link unrelated transfers, withdrawals, and refunds for special operations with assets we do not own and a few we own which mostly predate 2020 transactions,” he remarked.
In a confidential memorandum, Kwabena Adu-Boahene exposed supposed expenditures on the National Security and other intelligence operations.
The expenditures included some GH₵8.3 million for “communications equipment” for an opposition party and nearly GH₵1 million in payments to Members of Parliament for passing key security laws.
Meanwhile, an Accra High Court remanded Adu-Boahene in EOCO custody for seven working days, allowing the Attorney General’s office to complete witness statements.
The Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has formally charged him and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, over corruption offences to the tune of GH₵49 million.
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