< strong>Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has said he has a soft spot for the personal liberties of officials or persons charged with wrongdoing.
But, in the case of former Signals Bureau Director Kwabena Adu-Boahene who has been remanded into the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for seven working days, Kpebu said they do not know what went into the decision to remand him because the decision was taken in the judge’s chamber where only the Attorney-General and lawyers of the accused were present.
“I have a soft spot for bail generally, that is the principle. I have a strong passion for personal liberties, but…the A-G says Adu-Boahene is interfering, as to how he is specifically interfering, we don’t have that,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday, May 3.
Adu-Boahene was remanded to enable the Attorney-General to complete the preparation of statements of the state’s witnesses.
His wife and the third accused person, Mildred Donkor are to remain on their existing bail terms.
Presiding judge, Justice Eugene Nyadu Nyante on Friday, May 2, held an in-camera meeting with the Attorney-General and lawyers of Kwabena Adu- Boahene and the three other accused persons.
Led by Deputy A-G, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, the prosecution argued that the former Signals Bureau Director had the potential to interfere with investigations.
Former Director of the Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, his wife, and two others have been formally charged with a total of eleven offenses, including stealing, causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering.
Kwabena Adu-Boahene is accused of dishonestly appropriating approximately GH¢49,100,000.00 under the false pretense of procuring a cyber defense system for the Republic of Ghana. The alleged offenses occurred between February and March 2020.
Angela Adjei Boateng, Adu-Boahene’s wife, is charged with conspiracy to steal and collaboration to commit a crime, specifically, using public office for profit.
Mildred Donkor and Advantage Solutions Limited are also implicated in the alleged offenses, facing charges of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
