Court rejects Adu-Boahene's attempt to 'disguise' private account receipt as NSB's

The High Court in Accra reportedly dismissed an attempt by embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, to tender a document of his private bank account in the ongoing GH¢48.1 million national security trial.

According to multiple reports, Adu-Boahene, through his lawyers, attempted to tender a bank receipt from his private company as that of the NSB, but the court denied it.

A report by GHOne TV indicated that the attempt was shot down by the court during proceedings on Monday, April 20, 2026.

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“Court shoots down Adu-Boahene's attempt to disguise his private company's receipt as that of the National Signals Bureau,” GHOne wrote in a post shared on Facebook on Monday.

Reports by starrfm.com.gh and adomonline.com indicated that the said receipt was from a SWIFT transfer by Advantage Solutions, a company owned by Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Boateng.

These reports indicated that the attempted tender was during the cross-examination of the second prosecution witness, Ruby Edith Adumuah, the Head of Finance at the NSB, by lawyers of Adu-Boahene.

“On Monday, April 20, 2026, during the cross-examination of the second prosecution witness, Ruby Edith Adumuah, lawyers for Adu-Boahene sought to tender a receipt of a SWIFT transfer by Adu-Boahene’s private company, Advantage Solutions, in a manner that appeared that the receipt emanated from the NSB. The defence therefore sought to use that document as the basis to interrogate the witness, Head of Finance of the NSB,” part of the report by starrfm.com.gh reads.

The reports indicated that the court refused the tender after the prosecution, led by the Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, raised an objection, arguing that the witness had no personal knowledge of the document.

Justice Srem-Sai said that the document did not emanate from her and therefore she could not be made to answer to that, adding that it was irrelevant to the issue at hand and prayed the court to reject it.

The lawyers of Adu-Boahene, however, maintained that the Head of Finance at the NSB had identified the document and could answer questions on it since she was “testifying to financial matters”.

The presiding judge, Justice Francis Achibonga, ruled in favour of the prosecution, sustaining the objection on the basis that the witness had no personal knowledge of the document.

Justice Achibonga is reported to have said that the witness cast doubt on her knowledge of the document by using the word “seem” when identifying it.

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