A Human Rights Court will, on Friday, March 28, 2025, hear the bail application filed by Kwabena Adu Boahene, former Director General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng.
The couple is seeking bail at the court pending investigations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
They have filed the motion against EOCO and the Attorney General following their inability to execute their bail while in custody.
Adu Boahene was granted bail in the sum of GH¢120 million, while his wife was offered GH¢80 million.
The couple must provide justification for each of the bail sums.
As they have been unable to meet the bail conditions, their lawyers have petitioned the Human Rights Court (High Court Division) to seek bail pending investigations.
The former NSB boss and his wife are being held over an alleged state loot. The couple has been accused of diverting GH¢39.4 million of state funds after signing a seven-million-dollar Cyber Defense Software Contract.
They are before the court on the grounds that the bail conditions imposed on them are “onerous” and that they have spent more than 48 hours in custody without access to legal representation.
Adu Boahene, the first applicant in the matter, served as Deputy Director of the NSB in 2016 and became the Director in 2017 until the change of government.
As for Angela, the second applicant, she has been involved in business with Adu Boahene.
On March 20, 2025, the former NSB boss arrived at Kotoka International Airport on board a British Airways flight, where he was handcuffed and taken to EOCO’s cells.
The following day, Angela went to inquire about her husband’s situation and was immediately arrested. They have remained in EOCO’s custody since then.
In their motion for bail, the couple argued that “they should not be at the sufferance of the respondents (EOCO and Attorney General), who have clearly shown an intention to continue with this blatant violation of their rights to liberty pending investigations.”
“It would be a travesty of justice to allow the respondents, the captors of the applicants, to determine the reasonable conditions requisite for their bail, given their demonstrated utmost bad faith and unmitigated prejudice in the matter.”
Source: GNA
