An attempt by former Director General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene to tender in evidence WhatsApp Conversations between himself and the director of finance at NSB who is testifying as the 2nd Prosecution Witness in his ongoing trial has been rejected as “irrelevant” to the charges before the Court.
Samuel Atta Akyea, lead Counsel for the Accused persons, as part of their cross examination of the Witness-Edith Ruby Aduamoah, sought to portray that the witness had made some financial requests to the first accused person (Adu-Boahene) and pointed to the said messages.
In those said messages, there were exchanges between the two on financial requests made by the Witness to the Accused person.
However, what was missing was whether those financial requests made were eventually paid as requested, with no such evidence before the Court.
The former Director General of NSB Kwabena Adu-Boahene, (first Accused), his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, (2nd Accused) and Advantage Solution Limited (a Company -3rd Accused), are standing trial for 11 counts of charges including stealing GHc49.1M earmarked for a cybersecurity defence system.
They have pleaded not guilty and are standing trial with the 2nd of the four Prosecution witnesses to be paraded by the State in the witness box facing cross-examination.
In Court on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, lawyers of the accused persons led by Samuel Atta Akyea, after taking the witness through the said messages she had exchanged with her former boss Adu-Boahene (A1), said she shee remembered some of the messages but others she does not recollect.
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She subsequently confirmed to the Court the WhatsApp communications between herself and her former boss, Kwabena Adu-Boahene.
At this point, Counsel for the Accused persons sought permission of the Court to tender the said communications between the first accused person and the Witness in evidence through the Witness.
But, that attempt was met with a strong objection from the Prosecution led by Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai.
Dr. Srem-Sai’s ground for the objection was that the content of the said WhatsApp Conversations has no “relevance” on the subject matter before the Court.
Lead Counsel for the Accused persons in his response said the WhatsApp exchanges between the Witness and the accused were “Eminently relevant.”
He added that the content of WhatsApp conversations are financial matters between the Witness and the first accused person, adding that the content pointed to every important exchanges on “her own self-confessed” WhatsApp messages with the first Accused.
Justice Francis Apangabuno Achibonga, a Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting as an additional High Court judge, said looking at the messages sought to be tendered in evidence and even though some figures were mentioned, there was no indication that any payment was effected much more the same is linked to the matters before the court.
The Court also said the matters raised in the WhatsApp conversations are “not relevant” to the charges before the Court.
Consequently, the said document (WhatsApp exchanges between the Witness and the first accused) was rejected and marked as ‘R’.
The case has since been adjourned to April 27, 2026 for continuation.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
