The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has strongly denied taking any financial support from the National Signals Bureau (NSB) and is challenging the former NSB boss, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, to name the opposition parties he claims were given GH¢8.3 million in 2024.
The former intelligence chief, in a memo to the National Security Coordinator while under detention at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), defended himself against corruption allegations, claiming that the GH¢49 million under investigation was used for covert national operations—including the alleged funding of opposition parties during the last election. However, he did not name any specific party.
In response, the Deputy Director of Elections and IT, Dr Rashid Tanko-Computer, told Joy News that the National Democratic Congress had no connection to the funds.
“We fought using our own resources. Why would our opponent give us money to defeat them? That doesn’t make sense,” he said.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communication added that the NDC had always been committed to unseating the New Patriotic Party (NPP), unlike some smaller parties that, he claimed, often sided with the NPP on national matters.
He stressed that the NDC fully supports the Attorney General’s ongoing prosecution of Adu-Boahene and described the former NSB boss’s claims as a desperate attempt to deflect blame.
When asked if the NDC could have received funds without his knowledge, Dr Tanko dismissed the suggestion. “These guys are just clutching at straws,” he said.