A former Director of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has provided an explanation regarding the disbursement of GH¢49.1 million, which he was accused of laundering along with his wife.
In a letter from his lawyers, attached to a memo addressed to the National Security Coordinator, Adu-Boahene stated that the funds were utilized for various operational purposes.
These included payments to Members of Parliament as allowances, the Special Aide to the President-elect, Elections Special Operations support for an opposition party, and various personnel.
He clarified that the funds were related to transactions between two accounts established by National Security to address urgent operational needs.
According to Adu-Boahene, the Bureau of National Communications account served as a special operations account, while the BNC Communications Bureau account, allegedly co-owned by him and his wife, functioned as a special-purpose vehicle for sensitive transactions.
The expenditures listed by Adu-Boahene included: GH¢9,537,000 paid to ISC Holdings as part payment for specialized cyber and electronic surveillance systems; GH¢6,900,000 disbursed to personnel and operations supporting national stability and counter-terrorism efforts; and GH¢960,000 and GH¢309,000 provided as allowances to MPs on the Defence and Interior Committee and the Subsidiary Legislation Committee, respectively, during the passage of the NSB Act and its associated Legislative Instrument.
Additionally, he stated that GH¢8.3 million was allocated to an opposition party for procuring communications equipment to support election results collation, and GH¢5,135,000 was paid to the special aide of the President-elect for the purchase of high-end vehicles, including a Nissan Patrol Platinum, a 2024 Nissan Patrol Titanium, and a 2022 Land Cruiser GXR.
Adu-Boahene expressed his view that the Attorney-General’s theories were unfounded, asserting that the matter pertained to transactions between the Special Services Account (Special Operations Account “Coordinated Account”) and the SPV account “BNC Communications Bureau.” These accounts, he said, were “duly authorised and created for the national security exigencies of the time” with his wife (duly vetted) and UMB playing instrumental roles in facilitating them.
He criticized the Attorney-General’s attempts to link unrelated transfers, withdrawals, and refunds for Special Operations with assets that they do not own and a few that they own which mostly predate the 2020 transactions. He claimed that even a cursory review of the facts would reveal this.
Adu-Boahene also expressed concern about the alleged use of bloggers and social media influencers to disseminate what he called “lies” and amplify a “malicious agenda” against himself, his wife, and National Security.
He lamented that approximately GH¢49 million of Special Operations funds had become the subject of court action, with his wife and himself, along with other affiliates, facing charges including stealing and causing financial loss to the state.
Adu-Boahene assured the National Security Coordinator that neither he nor his wife would ever steal public funds, as was being “deliberately and wickedly portrayed” by the Attorney-General.
He further questioned how such theft of public funds, as described by the Attorney-General, could occur without being flagged by the Auditor-General.
Adu-Boahene stated that he and his wife were content with their God-given blessings and would never take what does not belong to them, even in a private arrangement.
He alleged that the EOCO Executive Director was deliberately misrepresenting or distorting the facts to the authorities, causing unnecessary sensation that could embarrass the government and national security.
