The Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice has dismissed claims of missing evidence in the ongoing trial of former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, and three others.
Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Justice Srem Sai, in a social media statement on Thursday, August 28, 2025, reaffirmed the state’s readiness to prosecute the case, detailing the extensive documents filed before the court.
“The Attorney General’s Office has not lost any evidence regarding the ongoing Republic v Adu-Boahene criminal trial. As of June 18, 2025, we had filed all the documents we intend to rely on to prove the charges,” he said.
The documents, according to him, include contracts of sale, bank wire transfer records, bank account statements, company registration documents, property ownership records, purchase receipts, INTERPOL stolen vehicle records, investigative caution statements, charge sheets, records of asset non-declaration, and a flowchart of money movements through multiple bank accounts. Testimonies of three prosecution witnesses also form part of the case file.
He further stressed that court-certified copies of all documents had been served on the accused persons, making it “unrealistic” for any claims of lost evidence to derail the trial.
The trial, which opened on July 31, 2025, before the legal vacation, has already heard testimony from the first prosecution witness, who has been cross-examined by defence lawyers. Proceedings are expected to resume in mid-October.
Adu-Boahene, who headed the NSB from 2017 until February 2025, faces 11 charges alongside his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, their associate, Mildred Donkor, and their company, Advantage Solutions Limited. The charges, filed on April 30, 2025, include stealing, conspiracy, defrauding by false pretences, willfully causing financial loss to the state, money laundering, and abuse of public office.
At the centre of the scandal is the alleged misappropriation of GH¢49.1 million (about US$7m) allocated for a cybersecurity defence software contract signed in 2020. The prosecution forms part of the Mahama government’s Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) campaign.
SOURCE: GHANAWEB.COM
