High Court sets October 17 to rule on application to halt Adu Boahene trial

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Nana TRUMU TRUMU Addo 1 year ago

ORAL WILL BE DEAD IF THIS THIEF IS NOT SENT TO JAIL

ORAL WILL BE DEAD IF THIS THIEF IS NOT SENT TO JAIL
NzemaK 1 year ago

These are all tactics schemed to delay the trial until their party comes back one day to throw everything into the bin

These are all tactics schemed to delay the trial until their party comes back one day to throw everything into the bin
KK 1 year ago

How do you think the judicial system works, or the work of a defence lawyer?

How do you think the judicial system works, or the work of a defence lawyer?
Osei 1 year ago

How would NPP ever come to power. They are dead. They can never come to power again. Yes a new party will challenge NDC but NPP is dead. You don't come back from a 38% votes

How would NPP ever come to power. They are dead. They can never come to power again. Yes a new party will challenge NDC but NPP is dead. You don't come back from a 38% votes
kelewele 1 year ago

Ghana? Are we really serious about dealing with corruption?

Ghana? Are we really serious about dealing with corruption?
K. Opoku-London-UK 1 year ago

AKUFFO ADDO STOLE GHANA MONEY £900 MILLION

KEN OFORI ATTA STOLE GHANA MONEY £400 MILLION

EDWARD AKUFFO ADDO STOLE GHANA MONEY £350 MILLION

GABBY OTCHERE DARKO STOLE GHANA MONEY £250 MILLION

NAPO STOLE GHANA MO ...
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AKUFFO ADDO STOLE GHANA MONEY £900 MILLION

KEN OFORI ATTA STOLE GHANA MONEY £400 MILLION

EDWARD AKUFFO ADDO STOLE GHANA MONEY £350 MILLION

GABBY OTCHERE DARKO STOLE GHANA MONEY £250 MILLION

NAPO STOLE GHANA MONEY £150 MILLION

BAWUMIA STOLE GHANA MONEY £450 MILLION

YOU BORROWED AND STOLE IT ALL. YOU BORROWED OVER $50 BILLION US DOLLARAHAVE THE NPP FORGOTTEN THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS THE NPP VISITED ON GHANAIAN PEOPLE? STEALING OF THE PENSIONERS MONEY, BAWUMIA FAILED ECONOMIC MESSIAH, AKUFFO ADDO REFUSING TO REMOVE HIS COUSIN-KEN OFORI ATTA-DESPITE CAUSING FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE STATE. NPP ARE DREAMERS-GHANA VOTERS ARE NOT FOOLS. REMOVE ALL THE NPP FAILED AND CORRUPT EXECUTIVES WHO ALLOWED TANI AKUFFO ADDO AND HIS FAMILY TO STEAL AND STEAL
Remove Akyem Abuakwa STOOGE Liar Bawumia, The Loser. There should NOT be another Northerner as President because President Mahama has taken that SLOT. We should NOT be afraid of the Northerners-CALL A SPADE, A SPADE. The Northerners are OVER PAMPERED-NPP gets few votes from the North of Ghana and even Bawumia-who is a Northerner could NOT change it.
The LIES that brought the LOSER DRIVERS MATE-BAWUMIA TO THE NPP FLAGBEARERSHIP WAS THAT-BECAUSE HE IS A NORTHERNER-IF HE STANDS WITH PRESIDENT MAHAMA- THE NORTHERN REGIONS OF GHANA WOULD BE DIVIDED BETWEEN BAWUMIA AND PRESIDENT MAHAMA. BUT THE NORTHERN REGIONS OF GHANA VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY FOR PRESIDENT MAHAMA. SO THE DOCTRINE OF BREAKING THE 8 YEARS WAS AN AKYEM ABUAKWA LIES AND TRICKS-THE ILLITERATE CHAIRMAN WONTUMI DID NOT SEE. ASHANTI REGION SHOULD REPLACE BCHAIRMAN WONTUMI BECAUSE YHE IS NOT A STRATEGIC THINKER. ASHANTI REGION SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE KINGMAKER OF THE NPP LEADER BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OR NUMBER OF VOTES NPP RECEIVES IN THE ASHANTI REGION. NO REGION IN GHANA, GIVE THE NPP THE SAME NUMBER OF VOTES AS THE ASHANTI REGION DOES. SO THERE SHOULD BE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF VOTES FOR EACH REGION AS PER THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES NPP RECEIVES NATIONALLY.

Factors that contributed to NPP's election loss are:
1. Bad, cruel and reckless policies
2. The inability of the NPP leadership to restrain the ' ka a nka bi syndrome of Akuffo Addo
3. Ken Ofori Atta's OVER SIZED FINANCE MINISTRY WITH OVER REACHING POWERS TO STOP ANY VALUE FOR MONEY PROJECT EXCEPT-CREATE AND LOOT policies-
4. The unrepentant branding of disgruntled members as traitors like ALAN KYEREMATEN
5. The creation and the continuous existence of the Akyem/Kyebi mafia
5. NPP was a galamseyers party and government
6. Reckless borrowing
7. The implementation of the DDEP-STEALING OF POOR GHANA PENSIONERS SAVINGS-VERY DISTATEFUL
8. Divide and rule tactics by Akuffo Addo
9. Christians ganged against a Muslim candidate
10. NNP's betrayal of its grassroots people
11. The " mass stealing syndrome" of the selected and protected elites
12. The neglect of the Ashanti region for the Eastern region-NO PROJECT WAS COMPLETED BY TANI AKUFFO ADDO IN THE ASHANTI REGION-WHO VOTED SKIRT AND BLOUSE TO MAKE HIM PRESIDENT.
13. The pomposity of Akuffo Addo RIDING IN EXPENSIVE PRIVATE JETS and his chosen and protected elites GOING TO EUROPE FOR SHOPPING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL JET
14. Unassertive, weak and chop chop NPP leadership-THE STEALING BRIDGADE
15. The Wontumi factor-ILLITERATE WONTUMI-HE IS NOT A STRATEGIC THINKER-like displaying GOLD BARS ON TV-Womtumi is an IDIOT-Ashantis REMOVE HIM.
16. The imposition and protection of non performing MPs by Akuffo Addo and the elites of the party
17. The " mentumi ne oyi ny3 adwuma mentality of Akuffo Addo
18. The non existence of a fair internal grievance procedure or the hijacking of this machinery by Akuffo Addo
19. The hijacking and the infiltration of non entities and square pegs in round holes in the economic management team of Akuffo Addo and his Akyem mafia
20. The " merengue obiara na merete me ka" posture of Akufo Addo
21. The money na talk syndrome of the party ( moneycracy)
22. ÑPP use communicators who had fallen in favor with its grassroots
23. Communicators could not defend the badly crafted and wickedly intended policies like the DDEP, E-Levy, Agyapa, etc
24. The attempt to use of Covid and Russian- Ukraine war as a cover up for bad and wicked policies- KEN OFORI ATTA BUDGETS-DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTINGENCY MONEY, NO RISK ASSESSMENT WAS CARRIED OUT.
25. Mass fraud and corruption by government people- e.g. EUGENE ARHIN, SIR JOHN, KWABENA ADU BOAHENE
26.Dupping, fraudulent and stealing from proposed but non existed development projects
27. Non performing oversized government, creating job for the boys.
28. No value for money mentality
29. The dollar which was allowed to break the bank. The Ghana cedi lost its value in 2022 under Ken Ofori Atta and the President refused to remove him despite 98 NPP MPs went to see him and he refused to meet them-DICTATORSHIP.
30. Stagflation- high inflation matching stagnant economic growth and unemployment
31. Breakdown of respect for traditional authorities and their people where TANI Akuffo Addo ordered Chiefs to stand when greeting him. What on earth is this liliput, short and ugly Akyem Abuakwa TANI come from?
32. Loose talk by Akuffo Addo- eg, I will not develop the Kwabre community and that no one has lost his thumb and should vote against the party if he or she is dissatisfied. It is only a drug addict who will talk like this and expect his party to win election. He was let loose to speak irresponsibly by the party hierarchy
26. Etc,etc, etc and ect

The reign of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo may have long been over since January 7, 2025, but the very people who helped him during his 8 years in office may not all been enjoying their ‘retirements’ so well, or so quietly.

And this is for reasons aligned to promises and what appears to be a robust aim by the John Dramani Mahama government, which took over from the past one, to prosecute any forms of corruption that arose during the former administration.

These formed part of campaign promises by John Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC), coming into the 2024 Election, and so far, they have been determined on achieving that.

Caught up in that, have been a number of appointees of Akufo-Addo who have ended up several investigations, or, in simple terms, whose names have been linked to controversial wealth that people believe may be, somehow, corruption related.

In this GhanaWeb article, let us take a look at some of the appointees under Akufo-Addo whose wealth came into question, generating national conversations.

In each of these cases, something happened that brought their cases into the public light, prompting national discussions and great interest.

Eugene Arhin

Eugene Arhin was the Director of Communications at the Presidency under Nana Akufo-Addo for the 8 years he was in office.

In 2021, a divorce case with his wife made it into the public, where his wife was demanding for certain reliefs in the separation process.

As part of the things she listed, she made mention of some of the properties owned by Eugene Arhin and these revelations, in the eyes of the public, generated a lot of conversations.

For many, did the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, amass all that in a space of four years, or during his time in public office?

Gloria Assan Arhin, his wife at the time, prayed the Accra High Court to grant her divorce request and also give her a number of properties, including a five-bedroom residential property (which was intended to be the matrimonial home of the parties) situated on a two-plot of land lying at East Legon in Accra; a four-storey building comprising 16 separate flats/apartments situated on a parcel of land at Bubiashie in Accra which land was acquired from a family friend of the petitioner.

She also asked for a storey building being constructed which comprised of 16 separate flats/apartments situated at Tuba-Weija in Accra.

These were but just three of the over twenty properties she sought after as part of the divorce.

Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John)

Sir John, a former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), became the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission of Ghana until his death.

After his death, his will became public, generating another widespread conversation among Ghanaians. It involved a tall list of 75 properties, including houses, parcels of land, bank accounts, investments, businesses, guns and clothes.

His will also raised public concerns following the discovery that he owned lands at the Achimota Forest. This was also because President Akufo-Addo had, at the time, signed an Executive Instrument that said part of the Achimota Forest was no longer a forest reserve.

Critics said the move was a ploy to get the land into the hands of the ruling elite, an accusation the government vehemently denied.

Sir John’s ownership of parcels of lands at the Achimota Forest appeared to have heightened the deep-seated mistrust of the government and its actions.

Below are the properties as listed in the will of the late Sir John:

House on plot number GA54480 located in Ogbojo, East Legon, and acquired on February 12, 2018

House on plot number GA 55329 located at Oyarifa No. 2, acquired on May 11, 2018

House plot number GA 55475 located at Oyarifa No.1, acquired on September 27, 2017

House on plot number GA 5881 located at Adjiringanor, Accra, (white House), acquired on August 7, 2019.

A 6-bedroom house located at Patangbe, Ogbojo, near East Legon.

A 4-bedroom house located in Mempeheusem, East Legon

A 3-bedroom house on plot number TDA 4140 located in Mempehuesem, East Legon

Another 3-bedroom house on plot number TDA 4140 located in Mempehuesem, East Legon

A 4-bedroom house on plot number GA56838 located in East Legon and acquired on October 25, 2018

A 5-bedroom house located in Sakora Wonoo

A 4-storey building located in East Legon, with 10 apartments, each apartment consisting of 3-bedrooms; and five apartments, each consisting of two bedrooms.

LANDS

Two plots of land located in Ahenema Kokoben in the Ashanti Region

Two plots of land with registration number GA56921 located in Oyarifa, which were acquired on November 6, 2018.

A 5.541-acre land located in Achimota Forest held in the name of Jakaypros Limited

A 0.987-acre land located in Achimota Forest held in the name of Fasoh Limited

Unspecified piece of land located in the Achimota Forest jointly owned with Charles Owusu

An unspecified piece of land held in the name of DML located in the Achimota forest

A 5.07-acre land at the Ramsar site, Sakumono

Five plots of land located at Millenium city, Kasoa

One plot of land with certificate number GA60802, located at Mempeheusem, East Legon, acquired on December 13, 2019.

Two plots of land approximately of 0.40acres located at No.7 ARS Lane, Ogbojo, near East legon

One plot of land near the Chain Homes Estate at East Airport Hills.

A piece of land numbered plot 139 located within the Adentaman District (aka Aviation land).

PRIVATE VEHICLES

Lexus LX570 25. Ford Fusion

Lexus V6

Nissan Titan Pick Up V8

Mercedes Benz E68 Sport AMG

Honda Pilot V6

Honda Accord Sport

Toyota Landcruiser V8

Ford 150

Honda Accord 2.0 Touring

Toyota Rav 4, 2019 model

Chevrolet Cruze

Lexus Saloon Car, 2019 model

GUNS

Five pump-action guns

Clothing

BANK ACCOUNTS

National Investment Bank, account no. 1802092960501

CBG, account no. 0302239130003

GT Bank- in the name of Ruth Korkor Odonkor

GT Bank-in the name of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie

Fidelity Bank, account no. 1060032907210

ADB, in the name of Jakaypros Limited

United States Bank, Wells Fargo, in the name of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie

Canadian Bank Account, Royal Bank, in the name of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie INVESTMENTS

ADB: Two million cedis (2,000,000.00), expected to mature in April 2020.

Two hundred and fifty thousand Ghana cedis (GHc 250,000) with NTHC which stood at GHc 303,720.22 as at July 31, 2019.

Joint gold production investment with Francis Owusu Joint ownership in gold production investment with:

ROTL,

FASOH

MBL HOSPITAL

Afriyie Memorial Hospital, located at Sakora Wonoo OTHER BUSINESSES

A fuel Station located at Kentinkrono in the Ashanti region

Fuel tanker vehicles (10 in number)

One teak plantation located at Nkawie in the Ashanti Region

Rubber plantation located in the Eastern Region

Stalls located at the new Kejetia market, Kumasi (3 in number)

Farms at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.

Kwabena Adu-Boahene

The last person in this list of Akufo-Addo appointees whose wealth have courted public conversations is the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene.

He and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, were recently detained by the Attorney General’s office following his arrest at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).

Following his detention, Attorney General Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine revealed at a press conference on Monday, March 24, 2025, a list of properties acquired by both suspects since 2018.

This, he said, was established through painstaking investigations by the EOCO and the AG’s office, indicating that the properties acquired were bought using embezzled state funds.

Below is a breakdown of the properties and their estimated values under the couple’s names below:

1. No. 2 stream part drive, Mayfair Estates, LA, Accra which is estimated at $1,000,000 (valued at GH¢15,000,000)

2. No. 6 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates, LA, Accra

3. No. 7 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates, LA, Accra estimated at a value of $200,000

4. No. 8 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates LA, Accra estimated at a value of $97,815

5. No. 9 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates LA, Accra also valued at $270,000

6. No. 10 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates LA, Accra at $150,000, Additionally, another initial cash deposit of $500,000 was made to purchase 5 houses.

7. Vertex properties at Oyarifa Gated Estate Development. This consists of 27 houses each valued at an estimated cost of $295,000 (GH¢127,000,000).

8. Two properties in London

The AG further disclosed that an amount of up to GH¢39 million was allegedly diverted and embezzled by the suspects from the agency.

"GH¢39,462,480 went into Adu-Boahene and his wife's pockets from one transaction
Fireman 1 year ago

Wow

Wow
Cheddar Is the real deal 1 year ago

This man is in hot waters for 7m$ aft,what about the 5m$ on the kumasi - Accra road back pay on the 200m$ contract deal@eoco

This man is in hot waters for 7m$ aft,what about the 5m$ on the kumasi - Accra road back pay on the 200m$ contract deal@eoco
Osei 1 year ago

In a clean descent country, not only would have Adu Boahen been shot dead by angry citizens. But his lawyers and his legal team would have suffered the same fate for protecting a criminal. Ghana is a funny country

In a clean descent country, not only would have Adu Boahen been shot dead by angry citizens. But his lawyers and his legal team would have suffered the same fate for protecting a criminal. Ghana is a funny country
Joko 1 year ago

In a clean decent society , ppl understand that prosecution has a duty to prove their case in court . And any accused person is innocent until proven guilty …fa wo gyimie tena hɔ

In a clean decent society , ppl understand that prosecution has a duty to prove their case in court . And any accused person is innocent until proven guilty …fa wo gyimie tena hɔ

Don 1 year ago

What nonsense

What nonsense
Kwam 1 year ago

Hmm on what basis does he want to halt the trail?
The question is did he misappropriated the money he is accused or not? For the argument that his predecessors were involved in a similar act is not here or there? Criminals ...
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Hmm on what basis does he want to halt the trail?
The question is did he misappropriated the money he is accused or not? For the argument that his predecessors were involved in a similar act is not here or there? Criminals always escape all times, but the moment one is caught the law will take it course. Let stop this nonsense that because party S did it, party B must necessarily do same.
Ghana must move forward. I will be disappointed if the court rule to halt the prosecution in this case.
He should answer the charges than try to draw past officials into it. If the opposition NPP never find wisdom to prosecute the criminals, nothing stop the current government from doin same
Koletey Jannie 1 year ago

I am of the view that, Abronye must suffer from his miscunduct but I side 100% with A Plus that, there are bunch of corrupt and criminal politicians who have stolen and looted bunch of wealth from our nation's coffers and are ...
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I am of the view that, Abronye must suffer from his miscunduct but I side 100% with A Plus that, there are bunch of corrupt and criminal politicians who have stolen and looted bunch of wealth from our nation's coffers and are walking freely in Ghana. I believe the current administration and the security agencis must seriously pay much attention on the arresting and prosecution of such corrupt criminal politicians in our society first before such petty offenders as Abronye compareratively. The arresting and prossecution of such corrupt criminal politicians must cut across all political parties to include the current ruling party and not just NPP party alone.
Bro kwesi 1 year ago

Say NS had a norm of paying some amount of monies to some entities annually.As a new employee l followed same norm of payment schedule.Then Jack there is a new Boss in Town who says it was illegal Transfers and that he is pr ...
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Say NS had a norm of paying some amount of monies to some entities annually.As a new employee l followed same norm of payment schedule.Then Jack there is a new Boss in Town who says it was illegal Transfers and that he is prosecuting me on that already established norm.Isn’t it fair for the NS to finished me with this data anaaaaa.So we all can appreciate the reasons for those expenses.
RASTA BANGI 1 year ago

HE SHOULD BE TRIED EXPEDITIOUSLY, OR HE REFUND THE CASH HE STOLE, SOME VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN GHANA NEED CLEAN WATER BUT CAN'T HAVE ACCESS, NO ROAD WAS CONSTRUCTED WHERE IS THE LOAN TAKEN FOR THESE PROJECTS????????
WE NEED SP ...
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HE SHOULD BE TRIED EXPEDITIOUSLY, OR HE REFUND THE CASH HE STOLE, SOME VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN GHANA NEED CLEAN WATER BUT CAN'T HAVE ACCESS, NO ROAD WAS CONSTRUCTED WHERE IS THE LOAN TAKEN FOR THESE PROJECTS????????
WE NEED SPEEDY TRIAL
Donatus 1 year ago

What do they need documents since 1992 for?

What do they need documents since 1992 for?
Kwame Senkyire 1 year ago

If the Justices mess this case up, some of us will start deciding such cases the street justice we know. This guy steal $7 million dollars not cedis oooo , which could finish some road overheads in Kumasi and we allow silly m ...
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If the Justices mess this case up, some of us will start deciding such cases the street justice we know. This guy steal $7 million dollars not cedis oooo , which could finish some road overheads in Kumasi and we allow silly man Akyea to fool us . Yoooo we are all watching
Achakanapaya 1 year ago

Atta Akyea is a criminal himself.

Atta Akyea is a criminal himself.
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Kooo 1 year ago

Look at all this Nonsense. Jst delay tactics… shithole THIEVES..

Look at all this Nonsense. Jst delay tactics… shithole THIEVES..

JULOR CAESAR 1 year ago

Much ado about nothing. That looting thiefman must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Adu Boahene is a wicked thieving crook who must answer in court for his looting ways.

Much ado about nothing. That looting thiefman must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Adu Boahene is a wicked thieving crook who must answer in court for his looting ways.
Kofi Seaman. 1 year ago

This guy must be thrown into jail and the key dropped in the ocean by helicopter. And every single property confiscated. If this fails,then the country is truly doomed

This guy must be thrown into jail and the key dropped in the ocean by helicopter. And every single property confiscated. If this fails,then the country is truly doomed
Asakramitoga 1 year ago

Jail these criminals now. As for.thst.Kyebi mafia lawyer he is trying to waste the Court's time. Abuaba

Jail these criminals now. As for.thst.Kyebi mafia lawyer he is trying to waste the Court's time. Abuaba

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