Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu, has clarified that disclosing state secrets, even if punishable by law, does not amount to treason under Ghana's Constitution-particularly when the information serves the public interest.
Speaking on TV3's New Day on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Mr.
Kpebu addressed growing debate surrounding revelations made by embattled former National Signals Bureau (NSB) boss, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, who is currently facing charges for allegedly diverting state funds into a personal account.
According to Kpebu, although the Securities and Intelligence Agencies Act (Act 1030) penalizes the unauthorized disclosure of classified information with a minimum prison term of five years, such an act does not meet the constitutional threshold for treason. "It is certainly not Ghanaian law that it is treasonable to reveal a state secret," he said. "When you define treason, just revealing this type of secret is not… These ones don't qualify at all.
