AG calls out Adu Boahene for ₵1.5 million internet service scam

Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has unveiled a criminal scheme involving Kwabena Adu-Boahene, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), and Ghana Water Limited (GWL).

At a press briefing, Dr. Ayine revealed that state funds meant for government internet services were funneled into a private account linked to Adu Boahene and his wife.

“Our diligent investigation team came across yet another scheme hatched by Mr. Adu-Boahene, this time involving Ghana Water Limited,” Dr. Ayine stated.

He explained that GWL had been making monthly payments under the guise of paying for secured internet services provided by the National Signals Bureau.

“Every month GWL paid GH₵1.3 million to Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his company in exchange for internet services provided by the government. In fact, the figure rose to GH₵1.5 million every month at the close of our investigations,” he said.

According to Dr. Ayine, instead of the payments going into official government accounts, they were diverted to BNC Communications Bureau Limited, a private company owned by Adu Boahene and his wife.

“Every two weeks, when GH₵650,000 left the account of Ghana Water, instead of going to the National Signals Bureau account, it went to the account of a company owned by Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife,” he explained, describing the financial diversion as a deliberate bypass of state systems.