Kwabena Adu-Boahene, and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng have been slapped with 11 charges
The Supreme Court of Ghana has dismissed an application for the judge presiding over the GH¢49 million National Security case involving the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene; and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, to be taken off the case.
The Adu-Boahenes, through their lawyer, filed an application asking the apex court of the land to prohibit the High Court judge from hearing the case, accusing him of bias.
But the Supreme Court, in a 5-0 unanimous decision, dismissed the application, according to multiple reports.
Adu-Boahene, Adjei-Boateng, and their company have been slapped with 11 charges for allegedly transferring GH¢49 million (approximately $7 million) from the bureau’s account to their personal account.
Addressing the press on Monday, March 24, 2025, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, stated that Adu-Boahene was implicated in the unauthorised transfer of $7 million, originally allocated for cybersecurity infrastructure, into his private accounts.
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“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.
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