Counsel for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, Samuel Atta Akyea, has vehemently repudiated reports suggesting that he has abandoned his clients in the high-profile Signals Bureau trial.
Mr Atta Akyea, who is representing Mr Adu-Boahene, Angela Adjei Boateng and Advantage Solutions Ltd, described the reports circulating on social media as “wretched and vile propaganda”, dismissing them as patently false.
In a statement issued on Thursday, September 10, 2026, the former Attorney-General said the allegations had come to his attention and were seemingly linked to developments surrounding evidence tendered by the prosecution in the ongoing proceedings.
“My attention has been drawn to some wretched and vile propaganda circulating on social media that I have abandoned my clients,” he stated.
Mr Atta Akyea explained that the controversy appeared to have been ignited by claims that a document presented by the prosecution and admitted in evidence was allegedly a fake document.
He, however, pointed out that the document in question was admitted in evidence without objection before Justice Francis Apangabuno Achibonga, who was sitting as an additional High Court Judge.
The veteran lawyer lamented what he described as the proliferation of falsehoods surrounding the case, noting that proceedings involving Mr Adu-Boahene had largely unfolded in the public domain.
He maintained that the courtroom, rather than social media platforms, remains the constitutionally and legally appropriate forum for establishing facts, testing evidence and resolving the legal questions arising from the case.
“I cannot abandon or disown my client,” Mr Atta Akyea declared.
The legal practitioner further disclosed that his defence team is preparing what he characterised as a “very solid and credible submission of no case”, indicating that the accused persons intend to mount a formidable legal challenge to the prosecution’s case.
A submission of no case generally seeks to persuade the court that the prosecution has failed to establish sufficient evidence to warrant requiring an accused person to enter a defence.
Mr Atta Akyea expressed confidence in the judicial process and said he expected the court to ultimately determine the allegations against his clients on the basis of the evidence properly placed before it and the applicable law.
He consequently urged the public to eschew social media narratives and allow the judicial process to take its due course.
The Signals Bureau trial has generated considerable public interest, with developments in court and claims surrounding the evidence presented in the case attracting widespread commentary.
Against that backdrop, Mr Atta Akyea’s statement seeks to dispel speculation about the status of his representation while reaffirming his commitment to the defence of Adu-Boahene, Boateng and Advantage Solutions Ltd.
He insisted that the fate of the accused persons must ultimately be determined by the court through a dispassionate assessment of the evidence and the law, rather than by conjecture or commentary emanating from social media.
