Kwabena Adu-Boahene has been slapped with charges for allegedly transferring GH¢49m to his account

The Office of the Attorney General has reportedly filed witness statements in the case against former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, who has been slapped with 11 charges for allegedly transferring GH¢49 million (approximately $7 million) from the bureau's account to his personal account.

According to a report by citinewsroom.com, the state has filed at least three witness statements against Adu-Boahene and his co-accused – his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng; their associate, Mildred Boateng and a company jointly owned by Adu-Boahene and his wife, Advantage Solutions Limited.

The report indicated that the media house has sighted three witness statements of the state which were submitted by Frank Marshall Crowell, the case investigator; the Director of Finance at the National Signals Bureau, Edith Ruby Adumuah and Frank Anane Dekpey, an errand boy for the accused persons.

The NSB Director of Finance’s statement is reported to have alleged that her former boss, Adu-Boahene, engaged in a lot of shady transactions.

These suspicious transactions, she claimed, correspond to the amount allegedly misappropriated.

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, disclosed that Kwabena Adu-Boahene, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), had been arrested in connection with the alleged diversion of public funds meant for a cybersecurity defence system.

Addressing the press on Monday, March 24, 2025, Dr Ayine stated that Adu-Boahene was implicated in the unauthorised transfer of $7 million, originally allocated for cybersecurity infrastructure, into his private accounts.

"In his capacity as Director of the National Signals Bureau, Mr Adu-Boahene, on January 30, 2020, signed a contract on behalf of the Government of Ghana and the National Security on the one hand, and on the other hand, an Israeli company named RLC Holdings Limited. The contract was for the purchase of a cyber defence system software at a price of $7 million," the Attorney General said.

Adu-Boahene (L) and his wife

Providing further details, Dr Ayine disclosed that just days after signing the agreement, Adu-Boahene initiated a suspicious transaction.

"On February 6, 2020, he then transferred an initial amount of GH¢27,100,000 from the National Signals Bureau account at Fidelity Bank to a private BNC account at UMB. Official documentation on the transfer reveals that the amount was for the payment of cyber defence system software. He transferred the money to his private company," he told the media.

According to Dr Ayine, investigations further uncovered that the former NSB boss allegedly channelled the funds not only into his personal account but also into accounts belonging to his wife.

He subsequently filed 11 corruption-related charges against Adu-Boahene and three other accused persons – the wife of Adu-Boahene, Angela Adjei-Boateng; his company, Advantage Solutions Limited; and a banker, Mildred Donkor.

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