Attorney General Dominic Ayine, in a press briefing on March 24, 2025, labelled accusations of embezzlement and money laundering against the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Mr Kwabena Adu Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng.
Mr Ayine alleged that the former Director-General had diverted and misappropriated millions of dollars belonging to the NSB.
This public update followed the Rambo-style arrest of Mr Adu Boahene and his wife by operatives of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on March 20 and March 21.
The case drew significant attention from the Ghanaian populace, who dedicated days discussing it in private and on various media platforms.
While some well-meaning Ghanaians questioned the public prosecution of the couple, others welcomed the accusations and treated the ‘accused’ with vitriolic attacks.
But it has been four weeks since the high-profile press conference, and the Attorney General’s claims of unearthing overwhelming evidence against Mr Adu Boahene and yet no charges have been brought against him or his wife.
This delay by the EOCO and the Attorney General’s office in the face of the said hardcore evidence has prompted some discerning Ghanaians to question if these bodies failed to follow due process.
One of such is Ghanaian broadcast journalist, Paul Adom Otchere.
Mr Adom Otchere, alleging internal power struggles in the investigative bodies, questioned why the National Security Coordinator, who should have probed the alleged crime, was sidelined.
He continued to accuse the Attorney General of acting on mere hearsay from an individual who may have a personal vendetta against Mr Adu Boahene, instead of painstakingly investigating the matter as required by the law.
The broadcast journalist also joins other prominent citizens who have questioned the A-G’s decision to throw Mr Adu Boahene into the court of public opinion before arraigning him before a court of competent jurisdiction.
“If these allegations were legitimate, the National Security Coordinator should have been the one to investigate internally, to identify Adu Boahen’s replacement, examine the accounts, and determine whether there was indeed misconduct. None of that happened.
“Meanwhile, the EOCO boss, who was not part of the initial process, is reportedly uneasy. He believes Raymond Archer (Deputy Executive Director of EOCO) bypassed the normal channels and fed the information directly to Dominic Ayine, who quickly acted on it, possibly without enough scrutiny,” he said.
These sentiments echo those of Mr Adu Boahene and his wife, who, through their legal team, insisted on their innocence.
The legal team, led by the learned Samuel Atta Akyea, said, “The Attorney-General has become the media persecutor of our clients, a judge in his own court while simultaneously asserting that he is still investigating the case”.
Mr Atta Akyea stressed that Kwabena Adu Boahene, a citizen in good standing with the law, has been doing business well before he was appointed to the high office of Director of NSB.
He also urged the A-G to ensure that the rights of the Adu Boahenes are not abused and their personalities rubbished by those who wield the powers of the State to conduct the sacred exercise of crime investigations.
Meanwhile, as the nation waits in keen anticipation of the Attorney General’s next move, many continue to ask: Did EOCO and the very learned Attorney General, without following due process, turn the world against the Adu Boahenes by his public prosecution?
