A photo collage of Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine (L) and Adu Boahene’s lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea
Samuel Atta Akyea, lawyer of embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu Boahene, has accused the Attorney General of pushing to get his client convicted.
Speaking after court proceedings on July 18, 2025, Atta Akyea, who is also the lawyer for two of the other three accused persons in the case, claimed that the Office of the Attorney General was dictating to the court.
He said that the Attorney General appears to be in a hurry to jail his client, but the laws of the country must be followed to the letter.
“I’m having a sense that justice might suffer if the Attorney General is in this ambulance mood… I believe that as if we are in an ambulance mood to get these people jailed… Even where we should wait for a motion to be heard, the Attorney General is in no mood to even respect the rules, and on a mere say-so the judge will just respect what he’s saying and obey it.
“I’ve seen several things in the court which is telling me that the Attorney General is having his own way in that court and whatever he says, then the judge wants to do it for him. Since we started these matters, that’s my strong view of the matter. And I’m afraid justice, whatever you want to call it, should never be at the expense of my clients,” he said.
Atta Akyea, whose motion for the adjournment of the trial was reportedly dismissed by the court on Friday, refuted assertions that he was harbouring some fears.
He claimed that there was an attempt to deny his client access to some evidence.
“I’m not afraid of the trial at all. I keep telling people that this is not the first trial I’m conducting. It seems to me that somebody believes that let’s expedite the case, even if all exculpatory evidence are not with the accused persons. That’s my chief concern. Because at the end of the day, what are you trying to secure? Is it justice on the side of the Attorney General or justice where you hold the scales as even?
“This is the first time I’m hearing that they might want to block exculpatory evidence in contravention of Article 19 of the Constitution, which secures fair trial. So we do what is needful, but nobody should have it at the back of his mind that somebody is running away from trial,” he said.
Watch a video of his remarks below:
LIVE | Lawyer Atta Akyea, counsel for Kwabena Adu-Boahene, reacts to the decision by the third accused, Madam Mildred Donkor, to dismiss him as her defence lawyer.
During proceedings, Madam Donkor raised her hand to inform the judge of her decision to relieve Lawyer Atta Akyea… pic.twitter.com/eIjESMnqqN
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