The prosecution has urged the High Court to dismiss a submission of no case filed by former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, and their company, Advantage Solutions Limited, in a case involving the alleged diversion of GH¢49.1 million in public funds.

The prosecution argues that evidence presented during the trial provides sufficient grounds for the accused persons to open their defence.

According to a report by 3news.com on October 12, 2026, Deputy Attorney General Dr Justice Srem-Sai made the argument in an affidavit opposing the submission of no case to answer, filed pursuant to an order of the High Court on September 8, 2026.

The prosecution alleges that GH¢49.1 million intended for the Bureau of National Communications (BNC) was transferred into an account linked to a privately owned company and subsequently spent on the accused persons, their families, friends and associates.

According to the affidavit, Adu-Boahene deposited a cheque for GH¢27.1 million into an account at Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) on February 6, 2020. Two other cheques, valued at GH¢1 million and GH¢21 million, were allegedly deposited into the same account.

The prosecution says the account, held in the name of BNC Communications Limited – Operations, was identified in the account-opening documents as belonging to BNC Communications Bureau Limited, a private company.

It further alleges that the company was linked to the accused persons through Advantage Solutions Limited.

A key part of the prosecution’s case concerns a payment of GH¢9,537,500 allegedly requested by Adu-Boahene for the purchase of a cyber defence system. The prosecution says he submitted a sale contract and an invoice to support the transaction.

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However, the NSB has reportedly denied having a contract with ISC Holdings Limited in January 2020 for the supply of such a system.

The bureau’s Director of Finance, who testified as the second prosecution witness, also reportedly told the court that the invoice presented by the accused persons differed from the bureau’s records.

The prosecution says the bureau’s records contain an invoice dated March 30, 2020, relating to a digitised investigative audit system rather than a cyber defence system.

It further claims that the bureau’s inventory contains no record of the purchase or delivery of the alleged cyber defence system.

The Republic also alleges that the funds were spent on the accused persons and people connected to them, leaving a balance of GH¢683,609.65 in the account by August 3, 2020.

Two prosecution witnesses are said to have described the sale contract and invoice relied on by the accused persons as not genuine.

Adu-Boahene, his wife and Advantage Solutions Limited were arraigned on April 30, 2025.

The charges against Adu-Boahene and Boateng include stealing, conspiracy to steal, defrauding by false pretences, wilfully causing financial loss to the State, using public office for profit, obtaining public property by false statements and money laundering.

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