On April 30, 2025, at around 4:30pm, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, his wife Angela Adjei Boateng, Mildred Donkor, and their lawyers were suddenly picked up by armed men from the offices of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) without explanation and taken to the High Court — where the Attorney-General and his deputy were already seated.
Earlier that day, at 12:32pm, 11 criminal charges had been secretly filed against Adu-Boahene, including stealing, defrauding by false pretence, and causing financial loss to the state — all in connection with the procurement of a cybersecurity defence system for the Government of Ghana.
EOCO claims the system, supposedly ordered from ISC Holdings Limited, was never delivered. This forms the basis of their charges, supported by a signed statement from Attorney-General Dr. Dominic Ayine, alleging that no such system was received by the Bureau of National Communications or the National Security Secretariat.
However, the narrative began to unravel when President John Dramani Mahama, during a presidential media encounter on September 10, 2025, exposed what he described as “hypocrisy, lies and fabrications” in the case. He pointed out that the cybersecurity system is in fact functional and currently being used by National Security to track online threats — a direct contradiction of EOCO’s position.
Further, ISC Holdings has officially confirmed delivery of the system in question — raising serious concerns about the integrity of EOCO’s investigation and the charges filed.
President Mahama’s intervention has exposed what appears to be deliberate misinformation and selective silence from key state institutions. As the case unfolds, questions are growing over EOCO’s credibility and whether the trial is being used for purposes beyond justice.
Official deception is cancerous to nation-building.
In the face of such revelations, EOCO’s silence — and that of the current National Security leadership — speaks volumes.
