Counsel for the discharged third accused person in the ongoing criminal case involving former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu Boahene, has stated that his client had no involvement in the alleged theft and money laundering activities forming the basis of the trial.
Elikplim Agbemava, lawyer for Mildred Donkor, made the clarification after the Accra High Court on Friday, October 17, dismissed a defence application seeking to stay proceedings.
According to him, the specific charges in the case clearly show that his client was not part of the central figures accused of coordinating the alleged financial crimes.
“If you see, my client was not mentioned as being part of the crime of stealing. Her name only appears in count 10 or 11 or so. It’s pretty clear that in terms of the formation of whatever has gone wrong, she was not part of that conclave to decide on anything,” Mr Agbemava told journalists after court proceedings.
Meanwhile, the Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine, has withdrawn all charges against Ms Donkor under Section 59 of the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30), after she agreed to testify for the prosecution.
A formal notice signed by Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem-Sai and filed at the High Court confirmed the decision to discontinue her prosecution.
Ms Donkor will now serve as a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial involving Kwabena Adu-Boahene (1st Accused), Angela Adjei Boateng (2nd Accused), and Advantage Solutions Limited (4th Accused).
In her witness statement, she described her long-standing working relationship with the first and second accused persons, whom she said she met through the Cedar Mountain Assemblies of God Church in East Legon, Accra.
The case, which centres on allegations of theft and money laundering, remains before the Accra High Court.
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