The prosecution of Kwabena Adu-Boahene, former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, associate Mildred Donkor, and their company, Advantage Solutions Limited, has gained momentum with three key witnesses providing damning testimonies filed to the court.
The four are standing trial for multiple counts, including stealing, causing financial loss to the state, and conspiracy, related to the alleged diversion of GH¢49.1 million in public funds.
The alleged diversion occurred under the guise of purchasing a cyber defense system, which investigators claim was never delivered.
According to witness statements obtained filed by the Prosecution, the prosecution’s case relies heavily on the testimonies of, lead investigator Frank Marshall Cromwell, NSB Director of Finance, Edith Ruby Opokua Adumua, Frank Anane Dekpey, an errand assistant to the accused persons
The trial is expected to shed more light on the alleged financial impropriety and the circumstances surrounding the diversion of public funds.
Movements of funds
The testimonies of Frank Anane Dekpey, an errand assistant to the Accused persons, has revealed details of financial transactions involving the accused and other individuals.
According to the witness, he was often instructed by the third accused person (Mildred Donkor) to deposit or withdraw money from UMB Bank and Stanbic Bank, which would then be given to another individual (Adu-Boahene).
The witness also testified that they would sometimes collect money from the Labone branch of UMB Bank and make deposits and withdrawals from the Airport branch of Stanbic Bank on Adu-Boahene’s instructions.
“A3 (Mildred Donkor) often sends me to deposit or withdraw money at UMB Bank or Stanbic Bank to be given to A1. I usually send the money to A1 in his office near Metro TV in Labone.
“I used to collect money from the Labone branch of UMB bank. I alsom a k e deposits and withdrawals from the airport branch of Stanbic bank on the instructions of A3. I either took the monies I withdrew from these banks to A1 or back to A3. I do not recall ever sending the monies I withdrew to A2. In many of the instances, the cheques which A3 gave were sealed in an envelope.
“She would then direct me to a specific member of the bank’s staff who got the cheques cashed. I usually went to the bank with big “Ghana Must Go” bags. The exact amounts which Iwithdrew were never disclosed to me. Each time Iwent to the banks, the bank staff gave me a receipt to write myname, telephone number and append my signature,” he stated.
EOCO Investigator
Frank Marshall Cromwell, an investigator and Staff Officer at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), has provided a detailed account of the alleged financial malfeasance involving Kwabena Adu-Boahene, former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB).
According to Cromwell’s testimony, the investigation, launched in March 2025 following a tip-off, revealed that Adu-Boahene signed an international contract in January 2020 for a US$7 million cyber defense system with an Israeli company, ISC Holdings Limited.
However, EOCO’s probe established that Adu-Boahene diverted the equivalent amount in Ghana cedis (GH¢49.1 million) from the Bureau of National Communications’ (BNC) Fidelity Bank account into a private company account named “BNC Communications Bureau Limited – Operations” at UMB Bank.
“The bank records show that from the time the GH¢ 49,100,000.00 was lodged into “BNC Communications Bureau- Operations” bank account, A1, on February 6, 2020, made a bank transfer of the sum of GH¢ 9,537,500.00 – equivalent to US$ 1,750,000.00- to ISC Holdings. No further payments were made to ISC Holdings from this account,” he stated in his witness stated sighted by Starrfm.com.gh.
“A1, then, went on a spending spree, making substantial cash withdrawals from the account for personal purposes; and, sometimes, instructing the bank to allow A3 to make cash withdrawals. This continued until the amount was significantly depleted.
“Investigations have established that A3 often made these withdrawals with the assistance of one, FRANK ANANE DEKPEY, who has, in a police investigative statement, told us that he often withdrew and disbursed the monies in huge “Ghana Must Go Bags” under the instructions of A1, A2 or A3.
“We have obtained copies of the bank records and internal bank withdrawal authorisations. The copies show transfers out of the “BNC Communications Bureau – Operations” account from the time the deposit of the sum were made.
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Edith Ruby Opokua Adumuah, the Director of Finance at NSB, corroborated the mechanics of the transfers.
She testified that as the custodian of BNC’s cheque books, she was instructed by A1 to write cheques for large sums, with the payee ambiguously described as “BNC Operations”.
“Also, on March 18, 2020, A1 instructed me to write a cheque for One Million Ghana cedis (GH¢1,000,000.00) to be drawn on BNC’s “The Director BNC” account at Fidelity Bank.
“Then, on March 30, 2020, I wrote another cheque for Twenty-One Million Ghana Cedis (GH¢21,000,000.00), also, to be drawn on the BNC’s “The Director BNC” account at Fidelity Bank. I wrote this third cheque, too, on the instructions of Al. I wrote the second and third cheques also with “BNC Operations” as the payee. After A1 and the lateJOSHUA KYEREMEH had signed, A1 then gave me an account number and directed me to deposit the two cheques into “BNC Operations” bank account at UMB Bank.
“I complied with Al’s directive believing that “BNC Operations” bank account was
an additional BNC operational account which I did not have the security clearance
to know. I can identify the copies of cheque numbered 020086 for GH¢ 27,100,000.00, cheque numbered 020089 for GHC 1,000,000.00, and cheque numbered 020094 for GH¢ 21,000,000.00 to the honourable Court.
“The instructions from A1 to write the cheques in favour of” BC Operations” and deposit same into the UMB account came to me as unusual. However, due to the “need-to-know” policy in our set-up Iwas unable to raise any question but rather carried out Al’s instructions,” she stated.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/Murtala Inusah
