Lawyers for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene say the prosecution’s case will not withstand scrutiny, as the high-profile trial over an alleged ¢49 million cybersecurity contract scandal continues.

Mr Adu-Boahene, together with his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, is facing multiple charges, including causing financial loss to the state, money laundering and stealing.

Speaking to the media after proceedings on Thursday, his lawyer, Samuel Atta-Akyea, said the defence team would rely strictly on verifiable facts in challenging the case brought by the Economic and Organised Crime Office and the Attorney-General.

“Everything we are doing in this case will be dangerously factual so that nobody will say this is Atta-Akyea or Kwabena Adu-Boahene’s invention,” he stated.

“We’re not worried”


Mr Atta-Akyea expressed confidence in the strength of the defence, insisting they are unperturbed by the allegations and prepared to dismantle the prosecution’s case.
“At the end of the day, we will tear the prosecution’s case into shreds,” he said.

He also challenged claims surrounding transactions linked to a UMB account, arguing that the account was used strictly for national security operations and not for private benefit.
“Nobody can run away from the fact that the UMB account was a national security operations account,” he maintained.

Dispute over funds


According to the defence, evidence presented in court shows that the funds in question were not deposited into any personal account belonging to Mr Adu-Boahene, rejecting suggestions that state funds were diverted for private use.

Mr Atta-Akyea further argued that activities involving the account were carried out in an official capacity.

“It has an account name and number, and it isn’t Adu-Boahene’s private account… So, what comical joke is this…?” he questioned.

Testimony cited as support


During the previous sitting, a key prosecution witness, Ruby Edith Adumuah, Head of Finance at the NSB, testified that Mr Adu-Boahene had been compelled by financial constraints within National Security to arrange and pre-finance payments to suppliers.

The defence believes this testimony strengthens its case, with Mr Atta-Akyea indicating that further details will emerge as the trial progresses.

The case remains ongoing.