The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application filed by lawyers representing former National Signals Bureau Director Kwabena Adu Boahene and his wife, seeking to overturn a High Court ruling that rejected their request for further disclosures from the Attorney-General’s Office.
The defence team, led by Samuel Atta Akyea, had in July filed a motion demanding full disclosures of National Security operational accounts from 1992 to date.
The request covered the administrations of Presidents Jerry John Rawlings, John Agyekum Kufuor, John Evans Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and John Mahama.
According to Mr Atta Akyea, the Attorney-General had selectively released information related to national security operations to strengthen its case, while omitting key details that could favour the defence.
He argued that such omissions infringed on the rights of his clients and affected the fairness of the trial.
However, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem Sai opposed the motion, describing it as irrelevant to the charges against the accused persons.
He explained that the substantive case centred on allegations that the accused transferred funds from a government account into a private company they had jointly incorporated within a specific period.
The High Court, presided over by Justice Nyantei, had earlier dismissed the motion, ruling that the requested disclosures were not material to the case.
When the matter was brought before the Court of Appeal on Monday, Mr Atta Akyea reiterated that the prosecution’s refusal to release additional documents had compromised his clients’ right to a fair trial.
But after reviewing the submissions, the panel of three justices dismissed the appeal, stating that the defence had failed to establish any grounds that justified interfering with the ongoing trial or overturning the High Court’s earlier ruling.
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