The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) is challenging former National Signals Bureau (NSB) boss, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, to disclose the specific opposition parties he claims to have spent over GHยข8 million on in 2024 to procure election collation logistics and equipment.
In a memo addressed to the National Security Coordinator, the former spy chief accused the Attorney General of launching a malicious prosecution against him.
He argued that the GHยข49 million he is alleged to have misappropriated was actually used for covert national security operations.
Although Adu-Boahene did not name the NDC as a beneficiary, the party has strongly denied receiving any such support.
Speaking to JoyNews, the Deputy Director of Elections and IT for the NDC, Dr Rashid Tanko-Computer dismissed the claims, saying โOn authority, Iโm telling you the NDC has nothing to do with what came out of that story.
“Those people theyโre referring to supported them during their recent demonstration. He knows his partnersโthatโs who he was referring to. And Iโm sure everybody has seen that. My opponent would give me resources to defeat him in an election? Does that make sense?โ he quizzed.
Dr Tanko further asserted that other political parties in opposition had not shown any real interest in unseating the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and were often aligned with them.
โWhen we were in IPAC, anytime the NDC opposed the EC and NPP, those parties sided with the EC and NPP. The NDC has nothing to do with this. We fought hard, used our own resources, and dealt a heavy blow to the NPP.โ
When asked whether the NDC might have received funds unknown to him, he dismissed the suggestion.
โI can speak on authorityโitโs not possible at all. These guys are just clutching at straws. It wonโt help them. They should go and negotiate a plea bargain, otherwise he [Adu-Boahene] could be looking at 25 years.โ
Dr Tanko added that the NDC fully supports the Attorney Generalโs efforts to prosecute the former NSB boss.
โThe party has no business with whatever rubbish is coming outโwe are not part of it.โ
JoyNews has since reached out to officials of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and the Ghana Union Movement (GUM).
While they were unwilling to speak on the record, they denied receiving any such support from National Security.
Source | Myjoyonline
