Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication (GIFEC), Dr. Sofo Tanko Rashid-Computer has asserted that the revelations by former Director General of the National Signals Bureau is only meant to divert attention from his prosecution.
The Attorney-General has officially filed 11 charges against Kwabena Adu-Boahene, his wife Angela Adjei Boateng, Mildred Donkor, and Advantage Solutions Limited.
The charges, detailed in the official charge sheet, allege a series of financial crimes.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 New Day’s Big Issue, May 14, 2025, Dr. Tanko noted that Kwabena Adu-Boahene’s revelations are not related to the charges and are “highly incongruous” to the charge sheet.
“The Adu-Boahene counsel and his group are just trying to divert people’s attention from the main issue that he is being prosecuted for. If you look at the charge sheet as learned counsel Martin Kpebu stated, that memo has nothing to do with what is currently being prosecuted,” he stated.
In a move to propagate his innocence, Adu-Boahene in a letter, dated May 5, 2025, and addressed to the National Security Coordinator, Adu-Boahene reiterated his denial of misappropriating funds, asserting that a substantial portion of the Special Operations budget – specifically GHS 960,000 – was allocated to cover allowances for MPs serving on the crucial Defence and Interior Committee.
He suggests these payments were necessary to ensure the smooth and timely passage of the National Signals Bureau Act, a piece of legislation directly impacting the operations and mandate of the agency he once led.
Referencing specific entries in what appears to be a log of Special Operations expenditure, Adu-Boahene highlighted allocations for “Election Special Ops – Logistics” amounting to GHS 5,135,000 in December 2024, aimed at ensuring the “Stability of Nation/National Cohesion/Political impartiality,” with a “Special Aide to President Elect” listed.
Another entry detailed GHS 520,000 spent on “Human Security Ops – Generators” in 2024 for “Human Security Intervention,” overseen by the “National Security Coordinator.”
