The Director of Finance at the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Madam Edith Ruby Opokua Adumuah, has told the High Court in Accra that the payment invoice for the purchase of Cyber Defence System was not in their records.
According to her, until the said invoice was brought to her office by the Economic and Organized Crimes Office (EOCO) for verification, she said “We did not find any payment done on the invoice,” for the cyber defense system.
In her concluding part of her evidence-in-chief as the 2nd Prosecution Witness, under the guidance of Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, she said two invoices for the purchase of two different equipment on two different occasions from the same supplier, ISC Holding, bearing the same invoice number does not work.
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In court on Friday, November 7, 2025, during further evidence-in-chief, Deputy Attorney General Dr. Justice Srem-Sai asked the witness to confirm her previous testimony that she helps the first accused carry out his bank transactions.
Madam Adumuah said the transactions she carried out for him (first Accused) were of two types: official and personal.
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The official transactions she said included deposits, withdrawals, cheques and reviewing of bank statements while the personal transactions were for collecting monies on his behalf from his banks.
When asked to distinguish between the official and personal transactions, Madam Adumuah explained that official transactions involved keeping cheque books and bank statements, while personal ones required requesting bank statements, but “I don’t keep cheque books.”
The Director of Finance had previously tendered in evidence an invoice with serial number NSC006 for the purchase of a digital investigative audit system.
However, another invoice with the same serial number NSC006, but for the purchase of a cyberdefense system, emerged.
Asked if she had seen that prior, Madam Adumuah said she saw it for the first time when EOCO officials brought it to the office for confirmation, saying “We did not find any payment done on the invoice.”
The Director of Finance explained that she would usually know of any payment made on the bank account and would see it on the bank statement at the end of the day.
When asked if it was possible for the system to have two different purchases with the same invoice serial number, she answered, “No, my lord.” She explained that in accounting and invoice practices, two different invoices cannot have the same serial number.
In his final question, Deputy AG Dr. Srem-Sai asked Adumuah to explain the implication of having two invoices with the same serial number. She replied, “It is likely one will be an error.”
Defense lawyers led by Samuel Atta Akyea have been invited to subject the witness to cross-examination to test the veracity of her evidence-in-chief before the Court presided over by Justice John Eugene Nyante Nyadu.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
