Lawyer for former National Signals Bureau boss, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has criticised the state’s prosecution of his client, describing the process as premature and unjust.
Following the Accra High Court’s decision on Friday, May 2, 2025, to remand Adu-Boahene into the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for seven working days, his lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea, accused the Attorney-General of pushing the case without sufficient evidence.
The court granted the state additional time to complete the preparation of witness statements. However, Atta Akyea questioned why the prosecution was seeking more time when Adu-Boahene had already been in custody since March 20.
“I don’t want to eat a meal that is not cooked,” he told journalists after the court hearing. “They don’t have the evidence, but they rush the man to court and plead with the court for more time. That is a travesty of justice, playing with the liberty of the individual and doing experimentation.”
He called the move a “lottery of trial” and described it as a painful reversal from earlier assurances by the Attorney-General that no prosecution would proceed without a complete evidential record.
Addressing claims by the Attorney-General that he had not responded to calls since the case began, Atta Akyea explained his decision was intentional—to avoid any misinterpretation or leaks that could compromise the legal process.
“Somebody might go and leak a tape saying Atta is hobnobbing with the A-G to have some advantages,” he said.
Adu-Boahene, along with his wife Angela Adjei Boateng, Mildred Donkor, and Advantage Solutions Limited, faces ten charges, including stealing, causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering.
He is accused of misappropriating nearly GH¢49 million in a fraudulent cyber defense procurement deal in 2020.
While Adu-Boahene remains in custody, his wife and Mildred Donkor were granted bail by the court. The case is expected to resume once the prosecution files the required witness statements.
