Attorney General withdraws charges against third accused in NSB trial

The Attorney General (AG), Dr. Dominic Ayine, has withdrawn all charges against Mildred Donkor, one of the co-accused in the ongoing criminal trial involving the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, after she agreed to serve as a prosecution witness.

A notice of discontinuance filed at the High Court in Accra on October 15, 2025, formally discharged Ms. Donkor under Section 59 of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30). The document, signed by Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, confirmed that Ms. Donkor has been withdrawn from prosecution in respect of all charges previously filed against her.

She is now expected to testify in the case against Mr. Adu-Boahene (1st Accused), Angela Adjei Boateng (2nd Accused), and Advantage Solutions Limited (4th Accused).

In her witness statement, Ms. Donkor recounted her long-standing professional association with both Mr. Adu-Boahene and Madam Adjei Boateng, whom she said she first met through the Cedar Mountain Assemblies of God Church in East Legon, Accra.

According to her, she became a director of Advantage Solutions Limited at the request of Mr. Adu-Boahene, who needed an additional director to meet company registration requirements. 

Ms. Donkor said she handled several transactions on behalf of the accused, including large cash withdrawals from accounts belonging to Advantage Solutions Limited and BNC Communications Bureau Limited.

She told investigators that both Mr. Adu-Boahene and Madam Adjei Boateng provided her with pre-signed cheque books, authorising her to withdraw varying sums — ranging from GH¢2,000 to GH¢1 million per transaction. An indemnity letter was also lodged with the bank, allowing her to make withdrawals as a third-party agent.

Ms. Donkor said she routinely delivered the funds either directly to Mr. Adu-Boahene, Madam Boateng, or to Madam Margaret Aba Donkor, identified as Mr. Adu-Boahene’s mother.

In one example, she cited a GH¢2.5 million transfer made on April 29, 2020, from the account of BNC Communications Bureau Limited to I-ZAR Limited, a firm owned by Rashida Saani, at the instruction of Mr. Adu-Boahene.

She further stated that she was never formally employed by Advantage Solutions Limited, had no employment contract, and acted solely on instructions from the first and second accused.