By Daniel Bampoe
Veteran lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea has strongly rejected claims that he has abandoned his clients in the high-profile criminal case involving former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, and Advantage Solutions Limited.
In a strongly worded public notice issued on September 10, 2026, the lawyer described social media claims that he had withdrawn from the case after controversy over a document the prosecution allegedly challenged as fake.
Atta Akyea insisted that he remains firmly committed to representing his clients and said his legal team is currently preparing what he described as a “very solid and credible” submission of no case to answer.
His statement comes at a critical stage of the proceedings, shortly after the prosecution formally closed its case following more than 18 months of trial.
The defence is now preparing to argue that the evidence presented by the Republic is insufficient to require Adu-Boahene and his co-accused to enter a defence.
The controversy surrounding Atta Akyea’s continued involvement in the case appears to have originated from social media commentary alleging that he had abandoned clients because of a disownment.
Responding directly to those claims, the lawyer said he had been made aware of allegations circulating online that he had abandoned or disowned Adu-Boahene, Angela Adjei-Boateng and Advantage Solutions Limited.
He rejected the claims outright.
“I cannot abandon or disown my client,” the lawyer stated.
He explained that his legal team remained actively engaged in the case and was working on the next major stage of the proceedings.
According to him, the defence team is putting together its submissions in support of a no-case application and remains hopeful that the court will ultimately assess the evidence fairly.
Disputed Document at Centre of Online Claims
A major element of the lawyer’s statement concerns a document which, according to him, has been described in some quarters as a fake document by the prosecution.
Atta Akyea said the document in question was admitted into evidence before Justice Francis Apangabuno Achibanga, who is sitting as an additional High Court judge, without objection.
The lawyer’s position is therefore that the document must be assessed within the proper judicial process rather than through social media commentary.
His intervention suggests that the defence considers the evidential status and relevance of the document to be matters that should ultimately be determined by the court.
‘Court Is the Forum Where Evidence and Law Should Settle Matters’
Atta Akyea used the opportunity to return to one of his long-standing criticisms of the way the Adu-Boahene case has been discussed publicly.
He argued that the case began largely in the arena of public commentary, which he characterised as a “media trial” in which, in his view, falsehoods can spread easily.
According to the lawyer, the courtroom should instead remain the proper forum for resolving disputed questions through evidence and law.
“The court is the forum where evidence and law should settle vexed matters,” he said.
His comments reflect the broader tension that has surrounded the case since the allegations against Adu-Boahene became a major subject of public discussion.
Prosecution’s Case Now Closed
Atta Akyea’s statement comes days after the prosecution concluded the presentation of its case.
The Republic called four witnesses during the trial, including Frank Marshall Cromwell, an investigator with the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), as the prosecution’s fourth witness.
Cromwell underwent weeks of extensive cross-examination by Atta Akyea, during which the defence challenged the investigator’s conclusions concerning the alleged GH¢49.1 million transaction.
The defence questioned, among other issues, the source and purpose of the money, the characterization of accounts involved in the transactions, National Security’s special operational financial arrangements and the alleged connection between the funds and the cyber-defence procurement.
Defence Prepares No-Case Submission
With the prosecution having closed its case, the proceedings have entered a potentially decisive stage.
The defence has been directed to file written submissions supporting its submission of no case to answer.
The application will essentially ask the court to determine whether the prosecution has presented sufficient evidence to require the accused persons to open a defence.
If the court accepts the defence’s argument, the accused persons could be discharged without being called upon to present their own defence.
If, however, the court determines that the prosecution has established a sufficient case requiring an answer, the proceedings would move to the next stage.
It is this legal battle that Atta Akyea says his team is now preparing for.
The GH¢49.1 Million Case
The criminal proceedings centre on allegations surrounding approximately GH¢49.1 million connected to a purported national cybersecurity procurement project.
The prosecution has alleged that Adu-Boahene and others unlawfully dealt with state funds and subsequently used the money in connection with properties, vehicles and other transactions.
The accused persons have denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty.
Throughout the proceedings, the defence has challenged the prosecution’s interpretation of the transactions, including the nature of the accounts through which the money moved and the extent to which the disputed funds can be directly linked to the assets and transactions alleged by prosecutors.
The prosecution has maintained that the evidence presented before the court establishes the offences charged.
Atta Akyea Appeals to ‘Evidence and Law’
The lawyer’s latest statement appears designed to shift attention away from social media speculation and back towards the courtroom.
He said the legal team remains focused on the evidence and the applicable law and expressed hope that the court would ultimately bring clarity to what he described as allegations surrounded by darkness and propaganda.
He concluded his statement with an appeal that his team’s legal work would help illuminate the issues before the court.
