Onua TV presenter Blessed “Captain Smart” calls on Attorney-General Dr Dominic Ayine to halt the prosecution of Kwabena Adu-Boahene and properly review evidence, warning that cases involving National Security funds have wide-ranging implications.
Onua TV broadcaster Blessed Godsbrain Smart — widely known as Captain Smart — has asked the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, to pause the ongoing prosecution of Kwabena Adu-Boahene and take time to thoroughly review the case before proceeding.
Speaking live on Onua TV, Captain Smart urged extreme care when handling matters tied to the National Security apparatus, particularly allegations involving so-called “Pictures of Money” (PM). He warned that prosecutions linked to PM are highly sensitive because they intersect with the work of multiple state security agencies.
“Even with Pictures of Money, even China has not been able to prosecute any National Security person based on PM,” Captain Smart said, arguing that pursuing PM cases could effectively mean prosecuting senior security chiefs. “If you want to prosecute your PM, then you are indirectly prosecuting your Chief of Defence Staff, because it is through the PM that we can organise the 6th March celebrations in Ghana,” he added.
Captain Smart pointed to President John Dramani Mahama’s recent Independence Day remarks — which mentioned the event’s cost of over twenty million Ghana cedis but did not call for prosecutions — as evidence that the matter should be handled cautiously.
“Touching PM touches everyone”
The presenter said any attempt to prosecute over PM would have far-reaching consequences, naming former heads of the Defence, Police, Immigration, Fire and Prisons services as potentially implicated. He said the National Security Coordinator and other senior security officials would also be affected.
Describing National Security work as complex and highly demanding, Captain Smart praised current National Security Coordinator DCOP Abdul-Osman Razak and cautioned that mishandling the case could compromise the entire security architecture. “Everything that concerns Ghana’s security rests on the shoulders of the National Security Coordinator… It is not child’s play,” he said.
Questions over evidence and alleged properties
Captain Smart also alleged inconsistencies in the evidence submitted by the Attorney-General’s office. He claimed that a printed bundle of suspected bank documents — said to be about 200 pages — was missing pages 1–89 from the court dockets and challenged the AG to explain the omissions.
He further demanded clarity on claims that Adu-Boahene used National Security funds to buy 27 properties, asking the Attorney-General to provide details about the buildings’ locations, completion stages and identifying features so the public can properly assess the allegations.
Call for careful review.
Reiterating his main plea, Captain Smart urged Dr Ayine to slow down and review the case thoroughly rather than rushing to prosecute. He warned that any wrong move could undermine Ghana’s national security arrangements and described his intervention as coming from a place of knowledge about how the system operates: “When you touch National Security, you touch my blood because I understand and know how it works.”
