The Attorney General and Minister of Justice has dismissed suggestions that President John Mahama was misled in the ongoing case involving the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu Boahene, and his accomplices.

According to Dr. Dominic Ayine, when he announced the arrest and detention of Mr Adu Boahene and his accomplices, there were claims that he had been deceived into holding press conferences and, in turn, misled President Mahama.

Addressing the media on the update of corruption cases on Wednesday, April 30, Dr Ayine stated that President Mahama is “on top of his brief” and fully aware of the facts surrounding the arrest and prosecution of Mr Adu Boahene.

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The Attorney General stated that even if an appointee could mislead President Mahama, he himself could not.

"Unlike some presidents in the past, who were misled, His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama, is on top of his brief and cannot be misled.

"Indeed, if any appointee would mislead the President, it would not be his Attorney General,” he said.

Dr Ayine stated that every piece of information regarding the corruption cases shared with the President is backed by documentary evidence.

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"Everything I have told the President, I have evidence to prove it, and the docket is replete with documentary evidence of the wrongdoing that has been investigated," he stated.

Addressing speculation that his earlier press conference announcing the arrest of Adu Boahene may have been politically motivated, the AG clarified that the delay in filing charges was due to the uncovering of an additional criminal scheme.

According to him, investigators discovered a separate operation involving the provision of secured Internet services to the Ghana Water Company Limited under the pretense of work by the National Signals Bureau.

"The delay in filing charges came about because our diligent investigation team came across yet another scheme by Mr Adu Boahene, this time involving Ghana Water Company Limited.

"This criminal enterprise involved the purported provision of secured Internet services to Ghana Water Company Limited by the erstwhile Bureau of National Communications, now the National Signals Bureau," Dr Ayine explained.