Samuel Atta Akyea (L) is the lawyer embattled former NSB boss Kwabena Adu-Boahene (R)
Lawyer for Kwabena Adu-Boahene, the embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Samuel Atta Akyea, has criticised the High Court’s dismissal of a request to access operational account details of National Security Coordinators dating back to 1992.
Speaking to the media after the court’s ruling on July 3, 2025, Atta Akyea, a former Member of Ghana’s Parliament, stated he could not comprehend the court’s decision.
He accused the Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, of pressuring the court into making the ruling.
“What is going on in the court is bizarre. As if the Attorney General is dictating to the judge. It’s bizarre. I’ve been here for 32 years. I’ve not seen a situation in which there’s a stampede of a judge,” Atta Akyea fumed.
He elaborated on his accusation, saying, “A judge said, ‘I’m going to give a decision on the 21st’, then the Attorney General in his mood… said, ‘No, let’s come today’. And then it’s very obvious that the judge is not ready. So they tease out something and say that, well, the decision is not ready. The judge actually intimated that he will need time to write a reasoned decision… as if we are doing the Attorney General’s pleasure.”
The former legislator vowed to challenge the court’s ruling, stating, “When I get it (the ruling), I’ll challenge it. That decision is an aberration of justice.”
He also indicated that he would reject any decision for the court to hear his client’s case on a daily basis.
Adu-Boahene and the other accused persons, through their lawyer, had argued that the release of these extensive account details was crucial to ensuring a fair trial.
Their formal request, filed by lead counsel Samuel Atta Akyea, specifically demanded “the various National Security Coordinators’ operational accounts” for all governments from 1992 to date, including those of Presidents Rawlings, Kufuor, Atta Mills, Mahama, and Akufo-Addo.
The lawyer had contended that “the production of these documents is vital to the constitutional right of the accused to a fair trial, particularly in a case where questions about financial oversight and accountability lie at the heart of the allegations.”
The Office of the Attorney General has charged Kwabena Adu-Boahene; his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng; their associate, Mildred Boateng; and Advantage Solutions Limited, a company jointly owned by Adu-Boahene and his wife, with 11 charges.
They are accused of allegedly transferring GH¢49 million (approximately $7 million) from the bureau’s account to Adu-Boahene’s personal account.
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