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The Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has disclosed that the arrest of the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, is in connection with the misappropriation of public funds.
He says Adu-Boahene allegedly misappropriated public funds earmarked for the procurement of cybersecurity infrastructure. The US$7 million cyber defence system contract leading to his arrest was made public by the A-G at a press conference. The A-G says the contract was signed between the Minister and an Israeli firm, RLC Holdings Limited, on January 30, 2020, to supply the cyber defence system software.
But barely a week after the contract was signed, the Dr. Ayine indicated that Adu-Boahene allegedly transferred an initial sum of GH¢27.1 million from the National Signals Bureau’s Fidelity Bank account to a UMB private account of BNC, the private firm he set up with his wife.
March 24, 2025
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