From Exchange Rate to Secret NSB Account: Srem-Sai details 'shifting' defence of Adu-Boahene

The Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, has accused representatives of the embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, of successfully creating the impression that their case is compelling in his ongoing trial.

According to him, even though Adu-Boahene has not been able to punch any hole in the main allegation against him, his lawyers, through their pronouncements after court proceedings, have created the impression that he is winning.

Justice Srem-Sai, who made these remarks during an interview with TV3, shared on X on Monday, April 20, 2026, indicated that the prosecution has presented its evidence on the allegations against Adu-Boahene and the defence has so far not been able to challenge them.

“It's a simple case as far as we are concerned. There is public coffers. You remove money from the public coffers into a private account, and we have produced evidence of that transfer, which is by checks, three checks. After that, from that private account, you have spent the money purchasing property and other things, for your personal benefit and for the benefit of your companies and your friends; you have evidence to that effect, which you have put before the court.

“And we said public money is not supposed to be spent that way, and anyone who spends public money that way is either charged with stealing or causing financial loss or money laundering or any of those offences, that is what the case is about,” he explained.

Srem-Sai stated that, rather, the accused person and his lawyers have been coming up with different responses to the allegation against him.

He said that they started by saying that there was some error with the exchange rate used for the sum of money the former NSB boss is accused of transferring to his personal account.

“They began by trying to show that there was a discrepancy between the dollar and the cedi values at the time, which for us is neither here nor there. It's a different thing if we accuse you of stealing dollars, then we converted them into cedis and charged you, then you can see that the conversion rates will reduce the amount. But in this case, it is a cedi account. So you move cedis from the public office to a cedi private bank account. So the long cross-examination about the cedi-dollar rate is neither here nor there,” he said.

He added, “And when that collapsed, he now moved to an area where they were trying to say that the accused person usually gives loans to the public organisation, and suggested that the GH¢49 million, which is the subject matter of the day, is the so-called repayment of the loan that he has previously given to the institution—so basically saying that the institution was paying the loan back. That didn't go anywhere recently.”

The Deputy Attorney General also said that the defence has also suggested that the private account Adu-Boahene is accused of transferring the money to is a “secret” NSB account.

He added that they have also claimed that the equipment the money was supposed to be used for has been bought even though there is no evidence to support that.

“Recently there was a suggestion, through cross-examination, that the account, which we are calling a private account, was a secret National Security account in which the money was being sent. We don't know what that means, because if it is a national security account, we'll know, so that too didn't go anywhere.

“Then I think the recent angle of cross-examination seems to suggest that the equipment, which was supposed to be bought with the money, has been purchased and is there. But we have tendered in evidence, we have filed as part of our disclosure, the inventory, which shows that it wasn't there. The last time I checked, they have filed to go and inspect the inventory,” he added.

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Watch a video of his remarks below:

Deputy Attorney General Dr Justice Srem Sai has noted that despite the antics and theatrics of defence lawyers of former National Signals Bureau Director Kwabena Adu-Boahene, prosecution will get a conviction in the case.#3NewsGH #TV3GH pic.twitter.com/IHkX4Fo0Fv

— #TV3GH (@tv3_ghana) April 20, 2026

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