The High Court in Accra has partially dismissed an application for further disclosures filed by counsel for the first and second accused persons in the ongoing National Signals Bureau (NSB) trial, citing irrelevance and non-possession of requested documents by the prosecution.
Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, who represents Kwabena Adu-Boahen, his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, and the fourth accused, filed a motion seeking disclosure of several documents, including the bill of lading for a BMW vehicle, documents evidencing the port of entry, and the police docket related to the vehicle.
Akyea argued that the bill of lading and related documents were critical to establishing whether Adu-Boahen had actually imported a stolen vehicle, a claim central to the prosecution’s case. He insisted that access to these documents was essential for undermining what he called an “unfortunate” narrative being built by the prosecution.
Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem-Sai opposed the motion, describing it as legally misinformed. He maintained that the bill of lading was not in the prosecution’s possession but likely held by the accused himself, given that Adu-Boahen’s name appeared as both importer and exporter in the customs declaration.
“The bill of lading is irrelevant and not in our possession. The customs declaration form already provides the necessary importation details,” the Deputy AG noted.
Justice John Eugene Nyante Nyadu, delivering his ruling, held that the information sought under the first three categories of the motion—namely the bill of lading, port of entry, and vehicle clearance documents—had been sufficiently addressed through disclosures already made in the supplementary witness statement filed by prosecution witness Frank Cromwell.
Regarding the request for the police docket, the judge noted that while the Attorney General’s office claimed it did not possess such a docket, the Police CID had shared limited extracts from their database. Consequently, Justice Nyante Nyadu declined the motion for further disclosures but issued a directive:
“This court orders the Ghana Police Service to directly provide all relevant information in their possession concerning the BMW 740D with chassis number J020CM11428 to the defence team,” the judge ruled.
The case continues on July 31, 2025, for the hearing of another pending motion.
