The Special Operations Accounts were controlled Controlled by the National Security Coordinator, not Adu-Boahenehe, Madam Edith Ruby Opokua Adumuah, the Attorney-General’s own prosecution witness and Head of Finance at the National Signals Bureau, has clarified.
She had the clarification when the defence team lead and private legal practitioner Atta Akyea cross-examined her.
Ms Adumuah told the court that she was unaware of why the National Security Secretariat issued three cheques totalling GHS 49.1 million.
During questioning by counsel Mr Atta Akyea, Ms Adumuah confirmed that her ignorance of the transaction’s purpose was due to the “need-to-know” policy within the security establishment.
”My Lord, I do not know,” she stated when asked to explain the funds’ purpose.
When pressed further on who would have clearance to know, she pointed to the top hierarchy.
“I assume the Director-General, National Security Coordinator, maybe the minister of the National Security or anybody at the topmost hierarchy of the National Security Council,” she responded.
This suggested the knowledge was restricted to only a select few at the highest levels of the security apparatus.
Ms Adumuah affirmed that before the National Security Bureau (NSB) was established in late 2020, the National Security Coordinator had sole authority over the funding and financial operations of the BNC department (a specialised unit).
She testified that the late National Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh, opened the main Special Operations Account at Fidelity Bank and was a signatory.
It also emerged that the coordinator was the ultimate controller of these high-level financial transactions, with no other person, including a certain Kwabena Adu-Boahene, able to conduct business on the account without the coordinator’s explicit approval.
On the issue of the nature of these accounts, the prosecution witness explained that the account, referred to as ‘Director BNC’, was not a general administration account and, crucially, had not been subjected to routine audits by the Auditor-General.
She further noted that the transfer requests originated from the National Security Council Secretariat and not directly from the BNC unit, though the funds were channelled through the coordinator’s account for BNC operations.
The case presided over by Judge John Eugene Nyante Nyadu was adjourned to the 11th, 12th, and 13th of February 2026.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
