Lead Counsel for Kwabena Adu Boahene, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Samuel Atta Akyea, has raised concerns over the manner in which his client was arrested.
According to him, a former National Security official of his calibre shouldn’t have been subjected to the kind of arrest that was meted out to him.
Atta Akyea, in an exclusive interview with TV3’s Beatrice Claire Abena Adu on Monday, September 15, 2025, indicated that the Attorney-General could have invited the former NSB boss to appear before any investigative body, rather than subjecting him to the kind of arrest he faced at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
He believes that if Mr. Adu Boahene had any intentions of absconding, he wouldn’t have entered the country through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
“The Attorney-General is probably confused. But I don’t see any sane man who’s being chased by security forces and all that he does is come to the space where he can be arrested.
“Do you understand the people who are trying to run away from justice? They don’t show up. I’ve never seen an Attorney-General who thinks theatrics equals competence,” he stated.
Background
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 Attorney-General is probably confused.
