The Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has withdrawn all charges against one of the co-accused persons in the ongoing criminal trial of former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, after she agreed to testify for the prosecution.
In a notice filed at the High Court in Accra on 15 October, the Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, confirmed that Mildred Donkor, the third accused person, has been discharged under Section 59 of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30).
The move allows Ms. Donkor to appear as a key witness in the state’s case against Mr. Adu-Boahene (1st accused), Angela Adjei Boateng (2nd accused), and Advantage Solutions Limited (4th accused).
According to her witness statement, Ms. Donkor described her association with Mr. Adu-Boahene and Ms. Boateng as one that began through the Cedar Mountain Assemblies of God Church at East Legon in Accra.
She said she was appointed a director of Advantage Solutions Limited at the request of Mr. Adu-Boahene to satisfy company registration requirements but had no managerial or decision-making powers.
“I took no major decisions — whether financial, operational or strategic — on my own. I followed the instructions of A1 and A2,” she stated.
Ms. Donkor recounted that she handled several large financial transactions for the accused persons, including withdrawing and delivering cash amounts between GH¢2,000 and GH¢1 million, using pre-signed chequebooks provided by the first and second accused.
She further disclosed that in one transaction, GH¢2.5 million was transferred from BNC Communications Bureau Limited to I-ZAR Limited, a company owned by Rashida Saani, on April 29, 2020.
Prosecutors say her testimony could prove pivotal in establishing the financial trail linking the accused to the alleged misappropriation of state funds.
Source: asaaseradio.com
