Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, has said those accusing the Attorney-General of being prejudicial with his comments about some ongoing cases is “neither here nor there.”
Dr. Srem-Sai’s position stems from the Attorney-General’s position that he has secured substantive evidence to convict suspect Kwabena Adu-Boahene, who has has been accused of transferring public funds into his personal accounts.
The Attorney-General, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has expressed optimum optimism that the evidence he has secured against Mr. Adu-Boahene cannot be refuted by any outfit to exonerate the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau.
The comments, is what according to critics, is prejudicial on the part of the Attorney-General since the matter is yet to be determined by court.
But speaking on Ghana Tonight on TV3 Monday, March 24, 2025, Dr. Srem-Sai noted that likewise the Attorney-General, “every prosecutor, when going to court, has only one statement to make and that is the only valid statement to make; is that, with the evidence I have, I expect to have a conviction. The moment you’re a prosecutor and you cannot make that statement to yourself or to any other person, then you have no business going to court.”
He noted that impression being created is erroneous and are only meant to create confusion in the system.
“So, this whole idea that the Attorney-General stating that he will have conviction, he is satisfied with the level of evidence he has to go to court is prejudicial is neither here nor there and I believe it is a calculated attempt to confuse the issues,” he added.
Dr. Srem-Sai added that “the makers of the law did not make the Attorney-General the judge” because there are independent arbiters who adjudicate every matter that comes before them, the reason the A-G’s comments cannot be termed prejudicial.
Background
The Attorney-General at a press conference in Accra Monday, March 24, 2025, asserted that Adu-Boahene allegedly misappropriated US$7 million earmarked for the procurement of cybersecurity infrastructure.
The A-G says the contract was signed between the Minister and an Israeli firm, RLC Holdings Limited, on January 30, 2020, to supply the cyber defence system software.
But barely a week after the contract was signed, the Dr. Ayine indicated that Adu-Boahene allegedly transferred an initial sum of GH¢27.1 million from the National Signals Bureau’s Fidelity Bank account to a UMB private account of BNC, the private firm he set up with his wife.
Meanwhile, the amount, despite it being transferred into his personal account, was recorded as payment for the cyber defence system software according to the Attorney-General.
Dr. Ayine, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga East, averred further that subsequent investigations revealed the transferred funds were redirected to a private company owned by Adu-Boahene, rather than being used for the purchase of the cyber defense system software.
“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 one hand and 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.
“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,” Dr. Ayine stated.
He disclosed further that Adu-Boahene and his wife used the proceeds of the transfer to acquire many landed properties in both Ghana and abroad over the period the monies were transferred into their private account.
The lawmaker added that Mr Adu-Boahene and his wife are still in detention and that other suspects are also being pursued for prosecution to commence.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-General has said the wife of Adu-Boahene and others who have been arrested in connection with the issue will be released for the man to be detained whilst investigations and prosecution takes place.
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