Former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene has been acquitted and discharged on two of the 11 criminal charges levelled against him by the state, even as the Accra High Court directed him and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, to open their defence on the remaining counts.
Delivering its ruling following a submission of no case to answer by the defence team, the court granted the couple three weeks—until December 4, 2026—to file their witness statements should they elect to testify. Proceedings have subsequently been adjourned to December 10, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. for the commencement of the defence phase.
Mr Adu-Boahene, Madam Adjei-Boateng, and their firm, Advantage Solutions Limited, have all entered not guilty pleas to charges encompassing stealing, conspiracy to steal, money laundering, using public office for profit, and wilfully causing financial loss to the state.
State prosecutors, who closed their case after calling four witnesses, contend that the accused persons misappropriated GH¢49.1 million earmarked for acquiring a US7 million cyber-defence system. According to the prosecution’s facts, only US1.75 million of the funds was actually disbursed to the Israeli vendor, ISC Holdings.
In pushing for the charges to be thrown out earlier, lead defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea contended that the state had failed to prove that the funds in question constituted public property, that the transfers lacked authorisation, or that his clients harboured any criminal intent. The defence further faulted prosecutors for failing to produce crucial witnesses, notably pointing to the absence of testimony from the late National Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh, who authorised the contested cheques.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
