'Prosecuting Adu-Boahene has national security implications' – Atta Akyea opines

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Kwabena Adu-Boahene (L) and his lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea

Former Member of Parliament for Akim Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, has cautioned the National Security Council Secretariat of the imaginable threats to Ghana’s nationalist information owed to the ongoing prosecution of Kwabena Adu-Boahene, a erstwhile Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB).

In a missive addressed to the National Security Coordinator, which has gone viral, Atta Akyea, who is simply a lawyer for Adu-Boahene, said that the crimes his lawsuit has been charged with, see issues concerning the country’s nationalist security.

He indicated that determination were going to beryllium ramifications connected Ghana’s nationalist information if the prosecution of his lawsuit continued.He added that the prosecution of his lawsuit besides violates the country’s laws, including Act 1030 and Act 1040.

“Our lawsuit has instructed america that a cursory look astatine the lawsuit from the documents you inherited underscores the information that the pith of the Hon. Attorney-General's lawsuit are matters bothering connected nationalist security.

“Besides, the intended prosecution violates the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2020 (Act 1030) and the National Signals Bureau Act, 2020 (Act 1040),” portion of the missive reads.

The erstwhile MP urged the coordinator to cautiously see the implications of the substance astatine manus and instrumentality the indispensable actions.

“We connect a memorandum nether the manus of our client, who is astatine the infinitesimal incarcerated astatine the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) cells. May we number connected your accustomed consciousness of professionalism successful your valuation and the proffering of the captious knowing of the matters therein contained,” the missive concludes.

The Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has filed 11 charges against Kwabena Adu-Boahene, who has been accused of transferring GH¢49 cardinal (approximately $7 million) from the bureau’s relationship to his idiosyncratic account, among different offences.

Adu-Boahene has denied stealing from the authorities and has released a database of individuals and organisations helium paid the wealth helium has been accused of stealing to, which helium says were for nationalist information activities.