Lawyers for embattled former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, have filed a defamation suit against the Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine.
The suit, filed at the Accra High Court on Thursday, April 24, 2025, was initiated through their counsel, former Abuakwa South MP, Samuel Atta Akyea.
According to the plaintiffs, Dr. Ayine fabricated a false narrative alleging that they had fraudulently used a corporate account to siphon State funds for personal use.
They are seeking exemplary and punitive damages for what they describe as highly offensive and defamatory statements made by the Attorney General during a press conference held on March 24, 2025.
In addition to damages, the plaintiffs are requesting a perpetual injunction to restrain Dr. Ayine from making or facilitating any further publication or broadcast of similar defamatory content.
“The international and widespread opprobrium visited on the plaintiffs by the defendant has become a continued discussion on media outlets and has affected the young children of the plaintiffs, who are ridiculed and taunted by their mates in school,” the suit states.
They are also demanding costs, including legal fees.
“In the natural and ordinary meaning, the words spewed out to the entire world, of and concerning the Plaintiffs by the Defendant, meant and were understood to mean that the plaintiffs are criminals and fraudsters who have embezzled state funds to enrich themselves. Needless to add that the Plaintiffs are involved in money laundering,” portions of the read writ.
