Samuel Atta Akyea the lawyer for the embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau Kwabena Adu Boahene has revealed the leaked memo was to advise the National Security Coordinator that the Attorney General and EOCO are treading on a slippery slope.
According to Atta Akyea, Kwabena Adu-Boahene would have no choice but to divulge top national security secrets to protect himself.
Adu Boahene lawyer is quoted by JOY FM to have stated, “If push comes to shove, Kwabena Adu-Boahene would have no choice but to divulge top national security secrets to defend himself”.
Speaking to reporters outside the courtroom on Tuesday, May 13, Samuel Atta Kyea stated, “The way national security matters are being raised, he should come to terms with it. That is what he was trying to do.
He was not saying that he is afraid to defend himself by saying that they are pushing him into areas of national security, and when push comes to shove, he has to defend himself.
“Later, someone will ask why a national intelligence officer is trying to bring national security matters into the public domain when he has sworn an oath,” he said.
The former National Signals Bureau boss days ago through his legal team dropped a shocking breakdown of the ¢ 49 million he has been accused of stealing.
He alleged that GHC5.1 million of the GHC 49 million he is alleged to have stolen was used to buy 3 vehicles for President John Mahama.
According to his letter, he claimed 5,135,000 cedis was used to buy a 2024 Nissan Patrol Platinum, 2024 Nissan Patrol Titanium and 2022 Land Cruiser GXR.
He further claimed the money was paid to a special aide to President Mahama.
Additionally, Kwabena Adu-Boahene claimed that GH¢960,000 of the GHC 49 million of alleged stolen funds were used to pay members of Parliament.
He further added that the GH¢960,000 was used to pay members of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee to accelerate the passage of the National Signals Bureau Act (2020).
The embattled former Director of the National Signals Bureau (NSB) has fingered an opposition political party for receiving GHS 8.3 million of alleged money he is accused of stealing.
According to Adu Boahene’s letter, an opposition party received GHS 8.3 million to support election results collation.
Meanwhile, Kwabena Adu Boahene who was remanded by an Accra High Court has been granted bail by the court and has since been arrested for another crime.
According to Adu Boahene’s lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea his client was re-arrested after he was released on Tuesday, after serving his seven-day remand in the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
Samuel Atta Akyea revealed that the arrest concerned a different crime that had to do with National Security providing internet services to Ghana Water Limited.
Additionally, the Accra High Court has directed the prosecution team to file all witness statements against Kwabena Adu-Boahene by May 26, 2025.
The court presided over by His Lordship, Justice John Eugene Nyadu Nyante elevated concerns about the personal rights of the accused persons.
He encouraged the Deputy Attorney General to try as much as possible to expedite the trial.
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Lawyer for Kwabena Adu Boahene has disclosed that the leaked memo written by the former Signals Bureau Director detailing various expenditures during his tenure was to advise the current National Security Coordinator to draw the attention of the Attorney General and EOCO that… pic.twitter.com/eiRQvo5FMx
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