Published March 25, 2025
Lawyers representing Mr. Adu Boahene and Mrs. Angela Adjei Boateng have, this afternoon, filed an application for bail at the High Court in Accra. This follows their arrest and subsequent detention by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Thursday, 20th March 2025.
Mr. Adu Boahene, the former Director of the National Signals Bureau, and his wife are currently in custody facing allegations of financial malfeasance arising from a cyber-security software contract with an Israeli firm. According to the Attorney General, Mr. Boahene is alleged to have misappropriated funds designated for the Israeli company—contracted to develop the security software—by diverting them to a company under his and his wife’s control.
In their application, filed at the Court Complex in Accra, counsel for the Applicants contend that EOCO and the Attorney General—who are the Respondents in this matter—harbour a clear intention to unlawfully prolong their clients’ detention beyond the constitutional 48-hour limit. The Applicants further submit that the state authorities have imposed onerous and unreasonable conditions as a precondition for the grant of bail.
Mr. Boahene and his wife, the application states, are prepared to comply with any reasonable conditions the Honourable Court may impose to ensure their continued availability for investigations, should the need arise.
The application concludes with a plea that the Applicants, a reputable Ghanaian couple, are well-established members of society and have responsible individuals of integrity willing to stand as sureties for their release.
Typically, the grant of Bail applications is at the discretion of the a judge. While on the strength of the seminal case of Martin Kpebu and Attorney-General, all offences are bailable in Ghana, the court or the judge may have to consider some number of factors in making that all-important decision. These factors include but not limited to the nature of the charge or accusation, the nature and quality of evidence in support of the charge, the severity of the charge, the probability of an accused interfering with police investigations and evidence and the probability of an accused absconding from the jurisdiction when granted bail.
It remains to be seen how the bail application ultimately pans out as the stakes are high in what is arguably the most popular news story in Ghana in the last few days.
