Cyber Defence System invoice missing from our records – Witness in Adu-Boahene case tells court

The Director of Finance at the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Edith Ruby Opokua Adumuah, has informed the Accra High Court that the payment invoice for the purchase of a Cyber Defence System, which is at the heart of the prosecution of Kwabena Adu-Boahene, the former Director-General of the NSB, was not found in the bureau’s records.

The update was shared on GHOne TV’s X page on Friday, November 7, 2025, with the post stating, "Payment invoice for purchase of Cyber Defence System not in NSB records, Edith Adumuah (Director of Finance, National Signals Bureau) tells court."

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Adumuah made this disclosure during the conclusion of her evidence-in-chief as the second prosecution witness, under the guidance of Deputy Attorney General Dr Justice Srem-Sai.

The defence team, led by Samuel Atta Akyea, has been invited to cross-examine her to test the credibility of her testimony before the court, presided over by Justice John Eugene Nyante Nyadu.

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Adu-Boahene, Adjei-Boateng, and their company have been slapped with 11 charges for allegedly transferring GH¢49 million (approximately $7 million) from the bureau’s account to their personal account.

Addressing the press on Monday, March 24, 2025, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, stated that Adu-Boahene was implicated in the unauthorised transfer of $7 million, originally allocated for cybersecurity infrastructure, into his private accounts.

“In his capacity as Director of the National Signals Bureau, Mr Adu-Boahene, on January 30, 2020, signed a contract on behalf of the Government of Ghana and the National Security on the one hand, and on the other hand, an Israeli company named RLC Holdings Limited. The contract was for the purchase of a cyber defence system software at a price of $7 million,” the Attorney General said.

Providing further details, Dr Ayine disclosed that just days after signing the agreement, Adu-Boahene initiated a suspicious transaction.

“On February 6, 2020, he then transferred an initial amount of GH¢27,100,000 from the National Signals Bureau 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,” he told the media.

According to Dr Ayine, investigations further uncovered that the former NSB boss allegedly channelled the funds not only into his personal account, but also into accounts belonging to his wife.

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