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Accra High Court admits EOCO statements from Attorney-General's third witness in GH¢49 million NSB trial
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The Accra High Court, presided over by Judge Francis Apangabuno Achibonga, has admitted six caution statements made to the Economic and Organised Crime Office EOCO by Mildred Donkor, the Attorney-General’s third prosecution witness, in the ongoing trial concerning an alleged GH¢49 million loss to the National Signals Bureau NSB. These statements, tendered on Thursday, May 7, 2026, were admitted as Exhibits 13, 13A, 13B, 13C, 13D, and 13E without objection from the prosecution. The Court confirmed that Ms. Donkor had previously been arrested, detained, granted bail, and charged by EOCO with conspiracy to steal and money laundering in relation to the case. During cross-examination by defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea, Ms. Donkor affirmed that she had told EOCO the truth in all six statements. The defence also questioned the circumstances under which the statements were taken, including legal representation. Ms. Donkor stated she did not personally pay any of the multiple lawyers she interacted with. Atta Akyea challenged her credibility, referencing Proverbs 19:5, to which she responded affirmatively. The prosecution also tendered twelve cheque books allegedly linked to UMB Bank, which they claim were pre-signed by the first or second accused persons and used for cash withdrawals and fund disbursements. Atta Akyea alleged Ms. Donkor "stolen" these cheque books from the office of Adu-Boahene to secure her freedom. The Court noted this claim before admitting the cheque books. A f
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Must ReadDuring the cross-examination of the fourth prosecution witness in the trial of former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, an Economic and Organised Crime Office EOCO investigator, Frank Marshall Cromwell, testified that an invoice presented by Adu-Boahene for a GH¢49.1 million cyber defense system was fake. Cromwell stated that only about GH¢9.5 million was paid to ISC Holdings, the Israeli firm intended to supply the system, despite the full GH¢49.1 million being transferred for the transaction. The investigator also told the court that after the account holding the money was depleted, Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angella Adjei-Boateng, instructed their bankers to close the accounts and transfer remaining funds to Advantage Solutions, a company they own. Adu-Boahene, Adjei-Boateng, and their company face 11 charges for allegedly transferring GH¢49 million from the bureau's account to their personal accounts. Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, previously stated that Adu-Boahene was implicated in the unauthorized transfer of $7 million, allocated for cybersecurity infrastructure, into his private accounts. Dr Ayine detailed that Adu-Boahene signed a contract with RLC Holdings Limited for a cyber defense system software for $7 million, and days later, transferred an initial GH¢27,100,000 from the National Signals Bureau account to a private BNC account at UMB, which he transferred to his private company. Investigations reportedly
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