Mildred Donkor, 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 divert over GH¢49 million in state funds under the guise of a software purchase deal, has been discharged by the Accra High Court.
She was discharged on Friday, October 17, 2025.
Donkor, a Director of Advantage Solutions Limited — the company allegedly used by Adu-Boahene to channel the GH¢49 million for the acquisition of landed properties in Accra, Kumasi, and London, among others — had been facing charges of conspiracy to launder money and a substantive count of money laundering.
In court on Friday, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai, through a notice of withdrawal, dropped all charges against Donkor.
This action was taken pursuant to Section 59 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1930 (Act 30), which grants the Attorney-General the authority and discretion to withdraw an accused person from prosecution.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-General has filed witness statements from Mildred Donkor, who will now testify for the prosecution to strengthen the A-G’s case against Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng
Objection
Before Donkor was discharged, counsel for Adu-Boahene, Samuel Atta Akyea, objected to the procedure used by the Deputy A-G in withdrawing the charges.
He argued that, given the nature of the offenses against Donkor, the Deputy A-G should have filed a motion for the court to decide, rather than issuing a notice of withdrawal.
However, presiding judge Justice John Nyadu Nyante overruled the objection, noting that the Attorney-General, as the constitutionally empowered prosecuting authority, does not require the court’s consent to exercise discretion to withdraw charges.
“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 thoroughly perused the processes filed and knows 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 Akyea.
Charges
Adu-Boahene and Adjei-Boateng are accused of diverting GH¢49 million — funds meant for the purchase of software for the state — into their private company through a complex network of entities ultimately controlled by Advantage Solutions Limited.
Adu-Boahene has pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding by false pretences, wilfully causing financial loss to the state, using public office for personal gain, and obtaining public property by false pretences.
His wife faces charges of collaboration to use public office for personal gain, conspiracy to launder money, and money laundering.
Both have been granted bail by the trial court.
