Lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu Boahene, Samuel Atta Akyea, has said his client is “very, very comfortable”.
According to Atta Akyea, his client remained confident in his legal team despite the High Court’s directive that he and his wife risk having to cross-examine the fourth prosecution witness themselves if they fail to provide their lawyers on August 17.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on August 11, 2026, Atta Akyea stated, “ He feels very, very comfortable with me. He believes I’m a very principle-centred lawyer. He believes I won’t shortchange him and he is not in any ambulance mode to cross-examine as a lay person, a prosecution witness”.
“We are not little boys in the game. I’m telling you what we believe as a principle.”
Atta Akyea also questioned the expectation that his client should personally take over the cross-examination of a prosecution witness.
“How can a judge tell a carpenter to become a dentist and remove somebody’s tooth? How?” he asked.
“We will advise ourselves. We will not put our legal arsenal in public, but we’ll advise ourselves. We know what to do,” he emphasised.
Atta Akyea further insisted that the defence would not be forced to appear in court against its position on the legal vacation.
“We will not be compelled to go to court, for Christ’s sake!” he stressed.
“This is not the first time we’ve had a Chief Justice, I’m afraid.”
Also, Samuel Atta Akyea has declared that he will not appear in court on August 17 for the continuation of his client’s trial during the legal vacation.
Atta Akyea stated that he has already communicated his position to the Chief Justice and will not be part of a trial that, in his view, should not proceed during the recess.
Speaking in an interview on TV3 on August 11, 2026, Atta Akyea stated that he would not comply with the directive.
Samuel Atta Akyea took a swipe at the presiding judge, questioning the motive behind his decision to rule that Adu-Boahene would have to cross-examine the prosecution witnesses if he, Atta Akyea, failed to appear in court.
He stated, “I’m not going to court at all. Why should a judge, in a very technical case of this nature, when a lawyer is on vacation, go and find another lawyer by saying that you come and stand there and cross-examine?
“How can a layperson cross-examine in such a matter? You are asking a carpenter to go and do surgery. What is special about this case? Some of these things you are failing to answer, and I know they can’t answer. What is special about these cases?” he asked.
He further questioned the Chief Justice and the judge presiding over Adu-Boahen’s case on the distinction between a criminal case and a murder case.
Atta Akyea argued that there was nothing special about his client’s case to prevent him from enjoying his legal vacation.
He added, “Who tells you I’m not in a hurry to clear my client’s name? I told you that the whole year, when was the time that I said I won’t come to court, and you believe that I shouldn’t have my vacation as the CJ is having his vacation? What is the meaning of legal vacation? If you want to go and read the law, go and pay regard to Order 79, and Order 79 decrees legal vacation.
“What is the meaning of legal vacation? What is special between a murder case and Kwabena Adu-Boahen’s case? You think we can’t question discretionary powers and administrative decisions? They are all embedded in the position,” he said.
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