Samuel Atta Akyea, the lawyer for embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabene Abu Boahene, has denied claims that his client transferred funds from the bureau's accounts to his personal account with UMB.

Speaking to the media after court proceedings earlier this week, Atta Akyea said that the account his client has been accused of diverting funds to is the bureau's account, not his personal account, as asserted.

He claimed that one of the state’s witnesses, who is a national security operative, alluded to this fact during cross-examination by stating that she deposited money into the said account.

“We don't want to sort of prejudge some of the issues, but nobody can run away from the fact that the UMB account was a National Security Special Operations account.

“And if you heard it, she went there as a National Security operative to pay cheques into it. She didn't pay the cheque into a hole. It has an account name, an account number, and it is not a private account. So on her own showing, she paid the money into which account?

“As if people want to pretend it is an account in the corner, and guess what, she, PW2 (Edith), prepared the cheques, and they went to pay in the cheques.

“The paying slips have been tendered with an account name and account number. So what kind of comical joke is this? As if taking money from the state and hiding it in a private account and enjoying it. So more things will come up,” he said.

It can be recalled that the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine Akuritinga, accused Adu Boahene of transferring $7 million (GH¢49 million) into his personal UMB account.

The Attorney-General alleges that Adu Boahene, while serving as Director of the NSB, signed a $7 million contract on January 30, 2020, with RLC Holdings Limited, an Israeli company, for the purchase of a cyber defence system software.

"Instead of paying the full amount to the intended vendor, only $1.75 million was transferred. The remaining GH¢39.5 million (approx. $5.25 million) was diverted to BNC Communications Bureau Limited, a private company owned by the couple.

"On February 6, 2020, he then transferred an initial amount of GH¢271 million from the NSB account at Fidelity Bank to a private BNC account at UMB. Official documentation on the transfer reveals that the amount was for the payment of cyber defence system software. He transferred the money to his private company," Dr Ayine stated at the press briefing.

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