Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, has dismissed suggestions that the criminal case against former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene is complex, insisting that the prosecution's case is simple and based on clear evidence.

Speaking on The Law with Samson Lardy Anyenini on JoyNews on Sunday, 26 July, Dr Srem-Sai alleged that there was a deliberate public and media campaign to create the impression that the case was more complicated than it actually is.

"I think there's a very determined public campaign, media campaign, to create an impression. It's a simple case, Samson," he said.

According to him, the prosecution's case centres on allegations that public funds earmarked for the purchase of defence equipment were transferred from a government account into a private account and subsequently used for personal acquisitions.

"There is public money in a public account. You have moved the public money from the public account into a private account and told the bank, which did the transaction, that you are using the money to go and purchase defence equipment for the state," Dr Srem-Sai said.

He maintained that evidence gathered by the prosecution showed the money was instead allegedly spent on private assets.

"The evidence shows from the account into which you deposited the money that you spent the money to buy houses for yourself and other high-end cars which you were renting and using for your own good."

Dr Srem-Sai argued that the alleged conduct amounted to criminal offences involving public funds.

"Our case is simple. You cannot do this with public money. It amounts to stealing or causing financial loss or any of the public financial offences. That is what we are charging for."

The Deputy Attorney-General also accused the defence of attempting to shape public opinion outside the courtroom while the trial was ongoing.

He said that unlike the defence, he had deliberately refrained from commenting publicly on the merits of the case after court proceedings.

"I have decided that I will not step out of court and grant interviews. But it doesn't mean that when my opponent steps out of court and grants interviews, whatever he is saying to the public is sacrosanct."

Dr Srem-Sai further disclosed that one of the defence's initial arguments was that the funds transferred into Mr Adu-Boahene's private account constituted repayment of loans he had allegedly advanced to a public institution.

"They first started by saying that it was a loan. I'm sure you heard about that, that he gives loans to the public institution, and so the money moving back into his account is a repayment of the loan."

The remarks come as the trial of Mr Adu-Boahene continues before the High Court.

In 2025, Attorney-General Dr Dominic Ayine formally charged Mr Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, over alleged corruption involving GH¢49 million.

Together with Mildred Donkor and Advantage Solutions Limited, they face 11 counts, including stealing, money laundering, defrauding by false pretences and wilfully causing financial loss.

According to the writ filed at the High Court on 30 April 2025, Mr Adu-Boahene, who oversaw critical national security infrastructure and contracts with foreign companies, signed a US$7 million agreement with Israeli firm ISC Holdings Limited for the procurement of cyber defence software.

The prosecution alleges that instead of using the funds for the intended procurement, approximately GH¢49 million, equivalent to about US$7 million at the time, was transferred from the NSB's accounts into Mr Adu-Boahene's personal accounts under the guise of paying for the cyber defence systems, allegedly with the assistance of an accomplice.

The prosecution is seeking to prove that public funds intended for national security procurement were unlawfully diverted for private use.