Lawyer Atta Akyea, lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has raised serious concerns about what he described as "evidence gagging" following court proceedings in Accra on Thursday.
Speaking to the media shortly after the hearing, Atta Akyea questioned the transparency of the trial, particularly regarding the handling of what he termed exculpatory evidence-documents that could potentially absolve his client and others facing trial over the alleged misappropriation of GH¢49.1 million earmarked for a cybersecurity defense software project. "I don't know what is going on.
What does it mean to have a fair trial?
What does it mean of exculpatory evidence?" he asked. "The evidence that the Attorney General is possessing, that will aid the accused persons, we should be denying them.
