Professional investigations must be devoid of razzmatazz & propaganda – Lawyers of Adu Boahen tell A-G

Lawyers of former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu Boahen have criticised the Attroney-General Dr Dominic Ayine for the media briefing he held on their client, maintaining that the Attorney General’s comments undermined the principle of fair trial and have the potential to bias the public perception against their clients.

In a statement, the legal firm Zoe, Akyea & Co. described the A-G’s comments as a “prejudicial press engagement.” The lawyers argued that his comments amounted to a public conviction while investigations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) were still ongoing.

“The power to investigate any Ghanaian for alleged criminal offenses has no party colours. It is a painstaking exercise to ensure that the rule of law is observed and that persons with material stakes are not unfairly targeted by those who wield the powers of the State,” portions of the statement said.

It added “All professional investigations, and not politically motivated ones, must be devoid of razzmatazz and propaganda. The suspect, who is the subject of the investigation, must first be charged before he is subjected to public trial—so that if he is innocent, he is not destroyed by prejudicial attacks and trial propaganda before his day in court. These considerations must guide our jurisprudence.”

The Attorney-General Dr Dominic Ayine in his address said among other things that Mr Adu Boahene should still be in deletion but his wife can be released on bail.

This was based on intelligence that he has received so far on the dealings of Mr Adu Boahen, he said.

Dr Ayine said “we gave them bail conditions about 160 million Ghana Cedis with sureties to be justified, so they brought some properties belonging to some of their friends, families, we are verifying the titles of those properties to see if we will accept them in order to grant the bail.

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“With respect to Adu Boahen, I got a brief last night and I am thinking that he should continue to stay in detention. , if we are granting the wife and other suspects bail he should continue to stay in detention because of what has come to my knowledge so I have advised EOCO to vary the bail terms or release him and release him and we will go to court in order to meet the 48-hour con institutional threshold, maybe likely today,”

Dr Dominic Ayine further warned all banks that Mr  Adu Boahen deals with not to move any assets or money belonging to Mr Adu Boahen and his wife.

Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, March 24, he said the Financial Intelligence Centre is tracking the accounts owned by Mr Adu Boahen and his wife. If any of the banks fails to heed this warning, he said, the bank managers will be held liable.

“Investigations have also established that money mostly proceeds of crime from Advantage Solutions Limited and BNC Communications Bureau Limited and other similar sources have been transmitted under very suspicious circumstances through the bank accounts of these companies.

“The investigations have revealed so far that the suspect and his wife have registered companies which we are currently tracking, there are about ten companies we are tracking that they created with Advantage Solutions mostly owning all the companies. For purposes of the investigations that is ongoing, we are not going to disclose those companies.

“But I want to warn any executive, director or employee of each of the companies knowing that Mr Adu Boahen has been arrested. if they make movement of assets we will track and arrest them and prosecute them.

“All banks are also warned that if we see any wire transfers or cash withdrawals on any of the accounts belonging to Mr Adu Boahen and his companies, the Bank Managers and all their employees who are involved in those transfers will equally be arrested.

“We are monitoring their activities, and we are monitoring all their bank accounts from the Financial Intelligence Centre, with a press of a button we can see the movement of money on any of the accounts, so we are monitoring that very closely.”

The Attorney-General further announced that it is possible that the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu Boahen,  may have purchased (acquired) another citizenship from the wealth that he accumulated.

The A-G says investigations so far show that the suspect has two service passports.

The Economic and Organised Crime (EOCO) is following up on intelligence that he has a foreign passport.

“The massive wealth he has accumulated, it is possible he has purchased another citizenship. Wife’s British passport in possession of EOCO.

The former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu Boahen, was arrested by officials from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).

He was arrested on Thursday, March 20, 2025, shortly after Adu Boahen arrived in Ghana from London Heathrow at approximately 8:30 PM on a British Airways flight.

Afenyo-Markin strongly condemned the arrest, describing it as an act of political persecution under the current administration, stating that such actions set a dangerous precedent and undermine the democratic principles of justice and fairness.

According to him, Mr Kwabena Adu Boahen, former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, arrived in Ghana from London Heathrow on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at approximately 8:30 PM on a British Airways flight. Upon arrival at the CIP, he went through immigration formalities.

 

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