Adu-Boahene trial: A-G withdraws money laundering charges against Mildred Donkor, set to testify as prosecution witness in GH¢49 million cyber defence adware case
Mildred Donkor, the woman who was accused by the Attorney-General of conspiring with the immediate past Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife to allegedly move stolen state funds of over GH¢49 million in a deal to purchase software for the country has been discharged by the Accra High Court.
She was discharged Friday [Oct 17, 2025] morning at 11 am.
Donkor, a Director of Advantage Solutions Limited, the company allegedly used by Adu-Boahene to move the GH¢49 million for the purpose of buying landed properties in Accra, Kumasi and London, as well as other properties, was facing the charge of conspiracy to launder money and a substantive charge of money laundering.
In court today, the Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, through a notice of withdrawal, dropped all charges against Donkor.
This was done in pursuant to section 59 of the Criminal Procedure Code 1930 (Act 30), which gives the Attorney-General the mandate and discretion to withdraw an accused person from prosecution.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-General has filed witness statements of Mildred Donkor, who will now testify for the prosecution to firm up the A-G’s case against Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng.
Objection
Before discharging Donkor, counsel for Adu-Boahene, Samuel Atta Akyea had raised an objection to the mode in which the Deputy A-G withdrew the charge against Donkor.
He contended that considering the offences which had been leveled against Donkor, the Deputy A-G ought to have withdrawn the charges through motion for the court to make a determination instead of a notice of withdrawal.
However, the presiding judge Justice John Nyadu Nyante overruled the objection, stating that the Attorney General, who is constitutionally mandated to prosecute cases did not require the consent of the court to exercise his discretion to withdraw.
“And to do so, in the opinion of this court, a notice of withdrawal suffices.
“Regarding the amendment consequent to the withdrawal, this court is inclined to think that the A-G, has throughly perused the processes filed and know what to have struck out within the processes in conformity with his decision to withdraw the third accused person from prosecution,” the presiding judge stated in his bench ruling on the objection raised by Mr Akyea.
Charges
Adu-Boahene and Adjei-Boateng have been accused of moving GH¢49 million, meant for purchasing the software for the state, into their private company through a complex web of companies ultimately owned by ASL.
Adu-Boahene has pleaded not guilty to defrauding by false pretences, one count of wilfully causing financial loss to the state, one count of using public office for personal gain and one count of obtaining public property by false pretences while his wife has been charged with collaboration to use public office for personal gain, conspiracy to launder money and money laundering.
They have both been admitted to bail by the trial court.
