The Attorney-General has informed the High Court that it is unable to present numerous types of evidence requested by the Court of Appeal in the trial of former National Signals Bureau Director Kwabena Adu-Boahene, his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, and Advantage Solutions Limited (ASL).
The accused are on trial for allegedly embezzling GH¢49.1 million intended for a state cyber defence system.
A Principal State Attorney from the A-G’s office, Esi Dentaa Yankah, stated in a response dated July 1, 2026, and filed at the High Court [copy attached below] that the prosecution had not obtained the missing 88 pages of Advantage Solutions Limited’s bank statement with Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), one of six items the Court of Appeal had mandated be disclosed on May 28, 2026.
On May 28, 2026, the Court of Appeal partially granted Adu-Boahene and his wife’s appeal against the Attorney-General about evidence disclosure in the current trial.
In addition to the missing bank statement pages, parts of the National Security Coordinator’s file related to the GH¢49.1 million were ordered to be disclosed by the country’s second highest court.
Other examples include contact between the National Security Coordinator and Adjei-Boateng regarding the special purpose accounts opened at UMB, as well as the National Security Coordinator’s special operations accounts connected to Adu-Boahene.
The A-G responded item by item, stating that the defence already possessed the complete UMB bank statement, which had been tendered by the second prosecution witness and admitted as Exhibit 15 and Exhibit 15A.
Regarding the remaining orders, the A-G stated that the prosecution had not acquired and was unable to reveal the source of the GH¢49.1 million transferred to the UMB account of B.N.C. Communications Bureau Limited, according to a file compiled by Joshua Kyeremeh, National Security Coordinator at the relevant time, regarding the acquisition of cyber defence systems.
The A-G further stated that it could not reveal correspondence that was handled by Kyeremeh or any prior coordinator, the opening of special purpose accounts or the screening of ASL, the special operations accounts themselves, or whether the GH¢49.1 million that the prosecution converted to $7 million was only meant for the cyber defence system.
Source: newsthemegh.com