A statement released by Zoe, Akyea & Co. Legal Practitioners signed by Samuel Atta Akyea has accused Attorney General Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine of violating the fundamental human rights of Kwabena Adu Boahene and Angela Adjei Boateng.
According to the statement, the Attorney General pronounced the suspects guilty of state looting in the court of public opinion.
“Midmorning today, the 24th day of March 2025, the Learned Attorney-General of the realm, Hon. Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, in his reset version of the rule of law, and romancing the press, pronounced our Clients guilty of state looting, in the court of public opinion, and cheapened the press conference by saying our Clients are still being investigated by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO),” the statement read.
The statement also pointed out that the Attorney General’s actions are a clear abuse of power and a threat to the rule of law in Ghana.
“The power to investigate any Ghanaian for alleged criminal offences has no party colours. It is a painstaking exercise to ensure that the rights of citizens are not abused and their personalities rubbished by those who wield the powers of the State to conduct that sacred exercise,” the statement read.
The statement also noted that the Attorney General’s handling of the case has been improper and has violated the rights of the suspects.
“The Learned Attorney-General has been a distinguished lecturer of law and we cannot fathom why he would use the power of the press rather than his advocacy at the Bar to feed the general public with his prejudicial and skewed information which he unprofessionally called evidence to poison our Clients against the general public and by extension the entire world,” the statement read.
The statement also expressed concern about the denial of bail to the suspects. “When a suspect is being investigated, he is entitled to bail for the simple reason that the investigating body cannot treat him as an individual already pronounced guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction,” the statement read.
The statement also quoted Archibald, a leading exponent of Criminal Law Practice and Evidence, who referred to the Attorney General’s actions as “The Theory of the Prosecution”.
“We have underlined this kindergarten position of the law to expose the fact that when a case from the highest level of the Attorney-General is determined in the court of public opinion, then the matter has degenerated from prosecution which must not be dressed in NDC colours to persecution, whose oxygen and impunity is politically-induced and very much affront to the rule of law,” the statement said.
The statement also provided background information on the suspects, noting that Kwabena Adu Boahene was a former Director of the National Signal Bureau and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, is a businesswoman.
“Mr. Kwabena Adu Boahene cannot be called a common criminal, and neither can his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng.
“Before this sordid exposé, Mr. Kwabena Adu Boahene was the immediate past Director of the National Signal Bureau and is a man who is networked internationally.”
“His wife, Angela, has never been a woman of straw and she is doing considerable good business,” the statement read.
The statement also noted that the Attorney General’s actions were motivated by a desire to score political points.
“We do not believe a change of government through constitutional means should degenerate into a reset version of the rule of law in which the press is fed with a pathetic one-sided and untested position by the leader of the Bar,” the statement read.
The statement concluded by noting that the lawyers for the suspects would pursue justice for their clients.
“We are undaunted. Our sense of law has been violated today. And to plagiarize the words of one American President, democracy is too strong for our learned Attorney-General,” the statement indicated.
-Issah Olegor
