The Office of the Attorney General on Tuesday closed its case in the trial of former Director General of National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, who are accused of stealing and causing financial loss of GH¢49.1 million to the state in a purported deal to purchase a cyber security system for Ghana.
The prosecution, led by Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, called four witnesses as it sought to secure the conviction of the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) appointee and his wife.
The court, presided over by Justice Francis Achibonga, has given lawyers for the accused up to September 25, 2026 to file a written address on a submission of no case to answer.
The Attorney General’s office was given 14 days after the receipt of the accused persons’ submission to file a response to same, while the defence were given additional seven days within which to reply to the prosecution’s response if any.
The court adjourned the trial to November 5, 2026, to deliver a ruling on the submission of no case which will determine whether the prosecution has made a sufficient case against the accused persons to warrant them to put up a defence.
Trial
Mr. Adu-Boahene, Angela Adjei-Boateng and Advantage Solutions Limited are standing trial for allegedly stealing GH¢49.1 million from the state in a purported deal to procure a cybersecurity system for the country.
The three are facing charges of conspiracy to commit crime, stealing, using public office for profit, money laundering and causing financial loss to the state.
AG’s Witnesses
The prosecution has called four (4) witnesses to establish their guilt, with their testimonies focusing primarily on how the GH¢49.1 million was allegedly moved from the accounts of the National Signals Bureau into the private account of the accused persons who dissipated same.
The first witness, Frank Anane Dekpey, an errand boy to Adu-Boahene, testified about how he was often sent to deposit or withdraw money at UMB Bank or Stanbic Bank to be given to Adu-Boahene.
While under cross-examination, he told the court that he was arrested and detained for seven days by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in relation to matters concerning the offences for which the accused persons are standing trial.
The second witness, Edith Opokua Adumuah, the Director of Finance at the National Signals Bureau, testified primarily about the operations of the institution and pointed out that the invoice based on which about GH¢9 million was paid to ISC Holdings Limited does not exist at the entity.
While under cross-examination, she told the court that she did not know the purpose of the three cheques totalling GH¢49.1 million for which Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife are standing trial, explaining that under National Security “need-to-know” protocols, only top-level officials would have such clearance to be aware of the transaction.
When further asked who will have the clearance to know the purpose of the funds, the witness replied, “My Lord, 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.”
The prosecution’s third witness, Mildred Donkor, who was initially charged by the Attorney General and was later converted into a witness, as part of her testimony tendered two spreadsheets and a notebook which she claimed contained transactions that she carried out at the behest of Adu-Boahene and his wife.
However, during cross-examination, the witness could not identify those transactions recorded in either spreadsheets or the notebook in the bank statements shown to her, although she had earlier stated that those transactions could be in the bank statements.
The fourth witness, Frank Cromwell Marshall, the lead investigator, detailed how Mr. Adu-Boahene allegedly moved the monies in three tranches under the guise of purchasing a cyber defence system for the state.
He told the court that Adu-Boahene as the Director of BNC, signed three different cheques which were drawn on BNC’s bank account with Fidelity Bank.
He added that all the three cheques were then paid into the bank account of BNC Communications Bureau Limited, a company owned and controlled by the couple.
While under cross-examination, he admitted that Mr. Adu-Boahene did not have sole control of the account from which the GH¢49.1 million originated, and that about GH¢9.5 million was paid directly to ISC Holdings, the Israeli company contracted to supply the cyber security system to Ghana.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak