A confidential memorandum from former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene has exposed staggering expenditures on the national Security and intelligence operations (NSA).
This, he says, included some GH₵8.3 million for “communications equipment” for an opposition party and nearly GH₵1 million in payments to Members of Parliament for passing key security laws.
Last week, an Accra High Court remanded Mr Adu Boahene in EOCO custody for seven working days, allowing the Attorney General’s office to complete witness statements.
Attorney-General Dominic Ayine has formally charged him and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, over corruption offences to the tune of GH₵49 million.
Together with two others, Mildred Donkor and Advantage Solutions Limited, they are facing charges of 11 counts of offences, including stealing, money laundering, defrauding by false pretences, and wilfully causing financial loss.
In the latest development, the document authored by the former NSB Boss, obtained by Myjoyonline.com, details covert transactions from 2020–2024 under “Special Operations.”
The document is already raising urgent questions about the misuse of state funds and potential political interference in Ghana’s electoral processes.
The leaked memo shows GH₵8.3 million was disbursed in September 2024 to provide an unnamed opposition party with communications equipment for election collation, justified as ensuring “Stability of Nation/National Cohesion/Political Impartiality.”
The letter further indicated that GH₵960,000 was paid to the Defence and Interior Committee in 2020/2021 as “allowances” for enacting the National Signals Bureau Act, with an additional GH₵309,000 going to the Subsidiary Legislation Committee in 2024.
These transactions raise serious ethical questions about financial incentives for lawmakers.
Election-related expenditures totaled over GHS 14 million, including GHS 7.2 million for the December 2020 polls and GHS 6.7 million for the December 2024 elections.
The documents also show GHS 5.1 million was spent on luxury vehicles (2024 Nissan Patrols and a Land Cruiser) for a “Special Aide to the President-Elect” in December 2024.
Security operations accounted for significant allocations, with GHS 9.5 million for cyber surveillance solutions (codenamed Taurus, Scorpion, Essien) and GHS 6.9 million for Operation Conquered Fist counter-terrorism efforts between 2020-2024.
Mr Adu-Boahene, currently detained by EOCO, maintains that these were legitimate national security expenditures.
His memo challenges the Attorney-General’s prosecution, stating: “How does one steal public funds without the Auditor-General flagging it?”
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