Legal counsel for Kwabena Adu-Boahene, former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Samuel Atta Akyea, has claimed that he was denied the opportunity to properly interrogate his client and his wife, Angela Boateng, following their arrest.
His concerns follow comments by Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, during a press conference on Monday, March 24, where he alleged that Adu-Boahene was arrested in connection with a $7 million cyber defense system contract that had been diverted into his private account.
Adu-Boahene and his wife remain in detention at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
Speaking on Citi Prime News on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, Atta Akyea described the circumstances of their detention as unfair, arguing that it violated their legal rights.
According to him, Adu-Boahene was arrested on Thursday, March 20, while his wife was taken into custody the following day when she voluntarily visited EOCO to check on her husband.
He further revealed that when he attempted to speak with them, he was informed that the interrogation could only proceed in the presence of prosecutors, a move he described as a breach of lawyer-client confidentiality.
“Adu Boahene was picked up on Thursday, March 20, and Angela, his wife, was picked up on Friday when she voluntarily walked to EOCO to go and see her husband. A common thief will run away after her husband has been arrested. She will not walk into harm’s way. They have since been incarcerated.”
“I had access to them yesterday. I had to respect the mandate of the constitution that I should interrogate them or talk to them before EOCO starts working on them because they have the right to counsel. They even have the right to remain silent.”
“They said no, they will not permit me to interrogate them unless they [prosecutors] are seated in the interrogation. So I violated the lawyer-client confidentiality. I told them, No, I will not do that.”
“That pushed me to go upstairs to see their boss, but I couldn’t get through. While I was in their boss’s conference room, the press conference started, in which the attorney general was crucifying the innocent before they were pronounced guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction,” he stated.
