Counsel for Kwabena Adu Boahene, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Samuel Atta Akyea, has dismissed claims that his client opened a personal account and transferred state funds into it while serving at the NSB.
He argues that state prosecutors misunderstand the purpose of the account.
In an exclusive interview with TV3’s Beatrice Claire Abena Adu on Monday, September 15, 2025, Mr. Atta Akyea, a former Member of Parliament, stated that the entire narrative claiming Mr. Adu Boahene had opened a personal account and transferred state money is unfounded.
“It’s all bogus. I have to tell you that if you pay regard to what they were trying to say, they didn’t even understand why the account was opened,” he said.
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, a former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB) of the National Security Council, was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport by a team of investigators from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
The following day, March 21, 2025 his wife- Angela Adjei Boateng was also arrested by EOCO.
These arrests followed investigations into the purchase of cyber intelligence equipment by the NSB, formerly known as the Bureau of National Communications (BNC), during Adu-Bohene’s tenure as the Director-General.
Recounting the facts leading to the arrest, the Attorney-General, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, stated that EOCO received intelligence that Mr. Adu Boahene left Ghana for the UK and then to Dubai; and that suspecting an attempt to evade surveillance due to changes in his flight itinerary, a stop order was placed, leading to his arrest upon arrival on a British Airways flight.
The investigations according to the AG revealed that Mr. Adu Boahene, while serving as the director of BNC signed a contract on behalf of the government and the National Security Council with an Israeli company, ISC Holdings Limited, for a cyber defense system software at a cost of US$7 million.
It is alleged that between February and March 2020, Mr. Adu Boahene allegedly transferred a total of 49 million Ghana Cedis from the national BNC’s accounts to the private BNC’s account, purportedly for payment to ISC Holdings. However, only the equivalent of US$1.75 million (9.5 million Ghana Cedis at the time) was transferred to ISC Holdings.
The remaining amount, approximately 39.4 million Ghana Cedis, is alleged to have been used by Mr. Adu Boahene and his wife for personal ends, including investments in properties. Mr. Adu Boahene and his wife were therefore held in custody pending investigations.
They have currently been granted bail while investigations are ongoing. Their counsel, Samuel Atta Akyea, says the account was opened for operational purposes and cannot be said to be for Adu Boahene’s personal use.
“There’s a clear indication that the money was coming from the operational account of the National Security and they wanted to do operations via accounts they open.”
“So, you could see a letter originating from the then national Security Coordinator, Kyeremeh, to Advantage Solution, that you should open the account so that they do what they do,” he stated.
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