General News of 2026-09-02
No one from National Security Secretariat or NSB reported GH¢49.1m theft - Cromwell
The prosecution’s fourth and final witness, Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) investigator Frank Marshall Cromwell, has told the Accra High Court that no official from the National Security Council Secretariat or the National Signals Bureau (NSB) reported any theft of the GH¢49.1 million allegedly diverted in the ongoing trial involving former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene.
Under intense cross-examination by defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, Cromwell conceded that neither the National Security Council Secretariat nor NSB management had made any report alleging that Adu-Boahene had unlawfully moved or stolen the GH¢49.1 million.
The admission has placed renewed focus on how the alleged theft was identified and subsequently investigated by EOCO.
The testimony is similar to that of the NSB’s Head of Finance, Edith Ruby Adumuah, who earlier told the court that no one from the National Security Council Secretariat had reported any missing money or theft at the Secretariat.
“Did any person from National Security or NSB management report that A1 moved money without authorisation?” Mr Atta Akyea asked.
“No, my Lord,” Cromwell answered.
Atta Akyea subsequently pressed the investigator on whether EOCO had obtained documentation from the office of the National Security Coordinator explaining the authorisation or purpose of three cheques valued at GH¢27.1 million, GH¢1 million, and GH¢21 million.
Cromwell admitted that EOCO had not found request memos, payment vouchers, or other authorisation documents from the Coordinator’s office relating to the cheques.
He further conceded that he could not identify any specific request made to the NSB for those documents.
“No, my Lord, I cannot tell because no such documents came into our possession during the course of our investigations,” he told the court.
The defence has used the cross-examination to challenge EOCO’s interpretation of the financial transactions, particularly the claim that the movement of the funds constituted theft or the dissipation of public money.
The case has been adjourned to Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at 11:30 a.m.
