Lawyers for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director, Kwabena Adu Boahene, have strongly dismissed attempts to label him and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, as common criminals.
According to a statement signed by his lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea, the defense argued that Mr. Adu Boahene, a former senior official with vast international connections, and his wife, a successful businesswoman, should not be subjected to public humiliation or unfair treatment.
“Mr. Kwabena Adu Boahene cannot be called a common criminal, and neither can his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng. Prior to this sordid exposé, Mr. Boahene was the immediate past Director of the National Signals Bureau and a man who is networked internationally. His wife, Angela, has never been a woman of straw and is engaged in considerable business activities,” parts of the statement read.
His legal team rejected the Attorney-General’s claim that the former NSB Director-General flew economy class to evade detection, asserting, “Our client was in business class, a fact that is easily verifiable.”
“It beggars belief that a criminal should be audacious enough to fly out of the jurisdiction through Kotoka International Airport, a security area, and return on his own free will to Accra, while the criminal routes of the Togo and the Ivory Coast borders are the safe options available to him” they emphasized.
The lawyers also added that the Attorney-General was using a different eyeglass which they cannot fault him for.
The controversy over Mr. Adu Boahene’s arrest began on Thursday, March 20, 2025, when he arrived at the Kotoka International Airport from the United Kingdom on a British Airways flight.
He was reportedly taken into custody in a joint operation led by EOCO’s Deputy Director, Raymond Archer, involving investigators from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and officials from the Attorney-General’s Department.
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