Republic v Adu-Boahene & Ors: Atta Akyea exposes alleged fictitious transactions filed by AG’s Prosecution Witness Mildred Donkor
Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness in the ongoing criminal trial involving former Bureau of National Communications (BNC) Director-General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, failed under cross-examination on Thursday to identify multiple transactions she had recorded in an Excel spreadsheet tendered by the Attorney-General as evidence, after she was unable to trace several alleged withdrawals—including GH¢100,000, GH¢1 million, GH¢11,428.50, GH¢600,000, GH¢800,000 and GH¢1.2 million—in corresponding official bank statements.
The witness, a former Director of Advantage Solutions Limited who was initially arrested, detained, granted bail and charged as an accused person before the Attorney-General withdrew the charges against her and later enlisted her as a prosecution witness, testified at Criminal Court 3 – Specialized Court 1 in Accra on June 11, 2026.
Under cross-examination by defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea, the witness Mildred Donkor confirmed entries in Exhibit J and J1, the Excel spreadsheets tendered by the prosecution, which recorded multiple withdrawals allegedly made from the BNC Operations Account at Labone and related accounts between 2020 and 2021.
However, when she was confronted with official bank statements, she was unable to point to several of the transactions she herself had recorded in the exhibits.
When pressed to reconcile the discrepancies, the witness stated: “If the bank had acted on it, then it should be there.”
Mildred Donkor further acknowledged that she had personally prepared the Excel records but insisted they were compiled based on instructions and operational circumstances at the time, although she was unable to explain why several entries did not appear in the official bank statements presented in court.
The defence argued that the inconsistencies cast doubt on the credibility and reliability of the prosecution’s documentary evidence, particularly Exhibits G, J and J1, which form a central part of the financial narrative in the case.
The court, presided over by Justice Francis Apangabuno Achibonga, a Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting as an additional High Court judge, has adjourned the matter to June 15, 2026, for continuation of cross-examination.
