3rd Prosecution Witness reveals details of transfer of funds made to companies formed by Adu Boahene

A key prosecution witness in the ongoing trial involving former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, and two others has given detailed testimony describing how she was allegedly used to facilitate financial transactions involving multiple companies and large cash withdrawals.

The witness, Mildred Donkor—who was previously an accused person but was later withdrawn by the Attorney General to testify for the prosecution—appeared in court on Wednesday, April 29. She was led in evidence-in-chief by state attorneys from the Attorney General’s Department, where she adopted her written witness statement and provided further oral clarification.

According to her testimony, she was appointed as a director of Advantage Solutions Limited, a company alleged to be connected to the operations of a wider network involving another entity, BNC Communications Limited. She told the court that she was approached by Adu-Boahene, who personally delivered company registration documents to her residence and requested that she sign them to become a director.

She further explained that she was instructed to open a bank account for the company. After the account was created, she transferred funds from the BNC account to Advantage Solutions Limited, which she said was necessary because the BNC account initially had no cheque book available for direct withdrawals.

Mildred Donkor testified that she had no involvement in the strategic, operational, or financial decisions of the companies she was made to direct. According to her, she never attended board meetings and was not consulted on any corporate decisions. Instead, she stated that she acted strictly on instructions from the first accused person and, at times, his wife.

She further told the court that she was provided with pre-signed cheque books and periodically instructed to complete and issue cheques for large cash withdrawals. These funds, she said, were transferred to various third parties, many of whom were reportedly associates or family members of the first accused.

“To satisfy the minimum directorship requirement for Advantage Solutions, he requested that I become the second director, which I consented to,” she told the court.

She also revealed that in 2018, she was introduced to another company, BNC Communications Bureau Limited, and was again asked to sign incorporation documents delivered to her home. She maintained that she did not make any independent decisions regarding the operations of the company and only acted on instructions given to her.

“I took no major decisions—whether financial, operational or strategic—on my own. I followed the decisions and instructions of the first accused and his wife,” she said, adding that she was never invited to any board meetings.

The witness also disclosed that she was made a director of several other companies allegedly linked to Adu-Boahene, including Vertex Solutions Limited, Vertex Properties Limited, Enterprise Dream Collections Ltd, Food Plan Ltd, Kream Auto Collections, Securigence Limited, and Urban Kid Limited.

According to her testimony, funds were allegedly moved between these companies through Advantage Solutions Limited, with repeated instructions to withdraw and transfer large sums of money. She claimed these transactions formed part of a broader scheme involving the alleged diversion of public funds.

The accused persons—including Adu-Boahene, his wife Angela Boateng, and Advantage Solutions Limited—are standing trial over allegations of misappropriating GH₵49 million. The funds were reportedly earmarked for the purchase of government cybersecurity software.

Prosecutors allege that the money was routed through a network of companies before being consolidated in Advantage Solutions Limited and subsequently used to acquire properties in Accra, Kumasi, and London.

The court has adjourned proceedings to May 5, 2026, for the cross-examination of the third prosecution witness as the trial continues.