Also known as: Mr Atta Akyea · Mr. Atta-Akyea · Hon. Lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea · Mr. Atta Akyea · Mr Samuel Atta Akyea · former Energy Minister
Former Attorney-General serving as lead counsel for former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene in a national security trial.
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Daily Guide
Samuel Atta Akyea Lawyers representing former Chief Executive Officer of National Food Buffer Stock Company Limited (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba as well as former Director-General of National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, and two others, have written to the Chi …
Lawyers Protest ‘Selective’ Court Vacation SittingJoy Online
Former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, says the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) “Democracy Under Attack” demonstration was aimed at drawing attention to what he described as growing concerns over Ghana’s democratic principles under the administration of Pre …
Atta Akyea says NPP’s protest seeks to highlight threats to Ghana’s democracyJoy Online
… The Notice of Motion, filed by his lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea of Zoe, Akyea & Co., invokes Section 96(1) of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30) and Section 33(1) of the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459). …
Wontumi applies for bail pending appeal after imprisonment at Nsawam PrisonThe Ghanaian Times
Lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea has asked the Chief Justice to withdraw a directive that allows the criminal trial involving former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene to continue during the legal vacation. …
Atta Akyea asks Chief Justice to withdraw vacation hearing directive in Adu-Boahene trialJoy Online
… The two legal teams, led by former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame and lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea, argued that commencing the trials during the vacation departs from long-standing judicial practice and informed the Chief Justice that they would not participate in proceedings s …
Claims Chief Justice is selectively assigning cases during judicial vacation are false – Prof Kwaku AsareJoy Online
… The two legal teams, led by former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame for Abdul-Hanan Wahab and Samuel Atta Akyea for Kwabena Adu-Boahene, contend that commencing the trials during the vacation is inconsistent with long-standing judicial practice and the rules governing the sit …
Lawyers for Hanan Wahab, Adu-Boahene protest vacation trials in petition to Chief JusticeThe Ghanaian Times
… The notice of appeal was filed at the Court of Appeal on Tuesday by his lead lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea. …
Chairman Wontumi appeals conviction and prison sentenceJoy Online
… Frank Marshall Cromwell, an EOCO Staff Officer and the fourth prosecution witness in the trial of former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, made the assertion under cross-examination after defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea challenged the prosecution’s description of the ac …
EOCO witness insists GHc49.1m in NSB case came from state accountThe Ghanaian Times
… According to the MP, the party’s directive led to Samuel Atta Akyea replacing Andy Appiah-Kubi as counsel for Chairman Wontumi in his ongoing legal cases. …
NPP ordered takeover of Wontumi’slegal team, says Manhyia South MPJoy Online
Samuel Atta Akyea has officially taken over as lead counsel for embattled New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve illegal mining case. …
Atta Akyea takes over Chairman Wontumi’s Tano Nimiri illegal mining case, trial resumes July 31Frank Davies, lawyer for MP Ofoase-Ayirebi's member, has questioned why Chairman Wontumi's bail-pending-appeal application was adjourned to October 15 rather than heard during the August or September legal vacation, arguing that vacation courts are meant to handle urgent bail matters.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Frank Davies, lawyer for MP Ofoase-Ayirebi's member, has questioned why Chairman Wontumi's bail-pending-appeal application was adjourned to October 15 rather than heard during the August or September legal vacation, arguing that vacation courts are meant to handle urgent bail matters.
20 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), a former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP serving a 20-year sentence for facilitating illegal mining activities, sought bail pending appeal. The High Court adjourned his application to October 15, 2026, due to the indisposition of the judge scheduled to hear it.
20 August 2026 · The Chronicle →
The Accra High Court has adjourned the trial of former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife to August 25, pending the Supreme Court's determination of an injunction application that seeks to restrain the High Court from hearing the case during legal vacation.
17 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah questioned the basis of the Deputy Attorney General's claim that Samuel Atta Akyea had not formally written to the court to explain his absence during legal vacation. Tuah-Yeboah said that under proper practice, a lawyer communicates inability to attend court to the judge through the court's registrar, and questioned how the Deputy AG could know whether the registrar received such a letter.
12 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah said judges can hear substantive cases during legal vacation if the lawyers involved are consulted and have no objection, adding that the practice of having judges sit during vacation predates Ghana's independence and is traditionally reserved for urgent matters like bail and injunctions.
12 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab told the Accra High Court on Wednesday that his lead counsel, former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, is unwell and receiving medical attention, explaining the lawyer's absence from proceedings. Dame had previously objected to the court's decision to hear the criminal case during the legal vacation period.
12 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Private lawyer Martin Kpebu has urged the Ghana Bar Association and the Association of Judges and Magistrates to negotiate a resolution to their disagreement over court proceedings during the legal vacation, following the Chief Justice's refusal to defer cases where lawyers cited prior commitments during the period.
12 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Samuel Atta Akyea, lawyer for former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahen, says the current trial represents an unprecedented challenge because national security matters have never been subjected to open court proceedings in Ghana since the Gold Coast period. Atta Akyea argued the case could set a significant precedent for how Ghana handles national security matters in courts.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Samuel Atta Akyea, lawyer for former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has said the case is too significant for junior lawyers and requires his experience and "gravitas" to navigate what he calls an unprecedented national security matter. He noted that such cases have historically not been subject to open trials since the Gold Coast era.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Samuel Atta Akyea, lawyer for former NSB boss Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has questioned the Chief Justice's directive to fast-track his client's case and another high-profile criminal case, describing it as selective justice while other serious criminal cases remain pending in court.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Samuel Atta Akyea, lawyer for former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has criticised the High Court's decision to continue his client's trial during the legal vacation, calling it an "aberration" of established judicial traditions, though he acknowledged the judge has the authority to order the proceedings to continue.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Majority Chief Whip and Ghana Law Society President Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor criticised the Ghana Bar Association for responding to concerns from law firms over lawyer availability during Chief Justice proceedings, arguing that law firms are not GBA members and the association has no basis to respond to their petitions.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Legal practitioner Samson Lardy Anyenini has questioned whether the criminal trial of former National Signals Bureau Director Kwabena Adu-Boahene can continue if his defence lawyer is unavailable during the legal vacation. Adu-Boahene's lead counsel Samuel Atta Akyea stayed away from court on Tuesday, citing the traditional right of lawyers to rest during vacation.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
The Deputy Attorney-General says the Ghana Bar Association is attempting to turn a traditional accommodation granted to lawyers during legal vacation into a right to determine which cases should be heard by courts, arguing that decisions on whether substantive matters are heard during vacation remain within judges' discretion.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Justice Srem-Sai, Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, has expressed concern that lawyers boycotting vacation court proceedings may be failing their clients, particularly in criminal cases where accused persons have a constitutional right to legal representation. He worried that lawyers avoiding court for reasons related to the dispute over vacation sittings could leave clients vulnerable and deprive them of effective legal representation.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Attorney-General Samuel Atta Akyea has defended his decision to remain absent from court during Ghana's ongoing legal vacation, saying he will not compromise established legal traditions for a single case and that upholding constitutional democratic principles is more important than convenience.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Samuel Atta Akyea, lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau Director Kwabena Adu-Boahene, defended his deliberate absence from court on August 11 during the legal vacation, arguing that the vacation period is traditionally intended for lawyers to rest and not for substantial criminal cases, though it may accommodate emergency motions.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Samuel Atta Akyea, lead counsel for former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, rejected accusations from the Deputy Attorney-General that the defence is using tactics including legal vacation to slow the trial, stating the defence has consistently attended court and wants justice upheld.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
A High Court judge in Accra has given former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife six days to secure their lawyers' presence for their trial's continuation on August 17, warning that if they appear without counsel, they must personally cross-examine the prosecution witness or the witness will be discharged. The defendants appeared without their legal team on August 11, citing the legal vacation.
11 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Hundreds of opposition NPP supporters marched to Jubilee House and presented a petition to President Mahama's office, protesting what they described as undermining of democracy, abuse of state power, and selective justice. The presentation was briefly delayed after NPP leaders objected to a Presidential Staffer receiving the petition instead of a senior government official.
7 August 2026 · Daily Guide →
Lawyers representing former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba and former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene have written to the Chief Justice protesting the decision to conduct their trials during the legal vacation, calling it unprecedented and discriminatory. They contend the directive is unconstitutional and say they cannot comply.
7 August 2026 · Daily Guide →
Former MP Samuel Atta Akyea said the New Patriotic Party's "Democracy Under Attack" demonstration was aimed at drawing attention to growing concerns over Ghana's democratic principles under President John Dramani Mahama's administration. Atta Akyea argued that Ghanaians have a responsibility to speak out whenever they believe democratic values, including freedom of expression and respect for divergent views, are being threatened.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi) has filed a bail application at the High Court while awaiting the determination of his appeal against conviction; he is currently incarcerated at Nsawam Medium Security Prisons. The application is scheduled for hearing on August 19, 2026.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea has asked the Chief Justice to withdraw a directive allowing the criminal trial of former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene to continue during the legal vacation, arguing his legal team cannot attend scheduled hearings in August and that the case should be adjourned like other cases pending until October or November 2026.
6 August 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
US-based Ghanaian legal scholar Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare says claims that the Chief Justice is selectively assigning high-profile criminal cases to be heard during the judicial vacation are false, noting that designating judges to sit during vacation is an established practice that does not involve the Chief Justice handpicking cases.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Lawyers representing Abdul-Hanan Wahab and former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene have petitioned the Chief Justice against allowing their criminal trials to proceed during the judicial legal vacation, arguing the practice departs from established procedure and that the trials had not commenced before the vacation began.
5 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Lawyers for New Patriotic Party Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako have filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal challenging his conviction and prison sentence, raising more than 20 grounds including arguments that the conviction lacked sufficient evidence and that the trial court misinterpreted mineral rights law.
29 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
An EOCO investigator testified in the NSB trial that the GH¢49.1 million at issue came from a state account belonging to the agency, rejecting defence counsel's assertion that the Coordinator's Account-NSC was not a public account. The witness stated the account was opened on instructions of the National Security Coordinator for operational activities of the Bureau of National Communications, the NSB's predecessor.
28 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah says the New Patriotic Party ordered a change in legal representation for Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), with Samuel Atta Akyea replacing Andy Appiah-Kubi. The MP characterized the move as a party-led decision to manage Wontumi's legal affairs, which involve investigations and court appearances related to allegations of illegal mining and financial dealings.
27 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Samuel Atta Akyea has become lead counsel for NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve illegal mining case, following the voluntary withdrawal of his former lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi. The trial resumes at the Accra High Court on July 31, 2026.
27 July 2026 · Joy Online →