A-G’s GH¢16 million fixed deposit claim not in Adu-Boahene’s name – 3rd Prosecution Witness
Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness in the ongoing criminal trial involving former Bureau of National Communications (BNC) Director-General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has told the High Court under cross-examination that the fixed deposit certificate at the centre of the Attorney-General’s GH¢16 million allegation was not in Adu-Boahene’s personal name.
The A-G’s GH¢16m fixed deposit claim against Adu-Boahene
The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Hon. Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, had previously asserted that GH¢16 million of state funds was placed in a fixed deposit account in the personal name of Adu-Boahene, a claim that has formed a central part of the prosecution’s narrative in the case.
Addressing journalists at a press briefing on December 18, 2025, Dr. Akuritinga Ayine asserted that Kwabena Adu-Boahene had placed GH¢16 million in a fixed deposit account in his own name and that the transaction was reflected in the BNC’s accounts.
The statement created the clear impression that state funds had been diverted and invested in a personal fixed deposit belonging to Adu-Boahene. Dr Ayine’s statement created the unmistakable impression that Adu-Boahene had taken state funds and invested them in a fixed deposit held in his personal name.
Urging journalists to scrutinize the evidence filed by his office, Dr. Ayine declared: “For those of you in the media, I keep saying that ask the critical questions if you have access to the witness statements which we have filed.” The A-G left little room for ambiguity, asserting that a fixed deposit account containing GH¢16 million had been opened in the name of Kwabena Adu-Boahene and inviting the public to draw its own conclusions.
“In March 2020, GH¢16 million was put into fixed deposit accounts in Kwabena Adu-Boahene’s name. Was that public expenditure of the money? I leave that question to you because I know everyone is watching, including the judge. I’m not going to comment on the matter in an adverse way, but I just want to ask the critical questions…,” Dr. Ayine stated.
Court testimony contradicts A-G’s GH¢16m fixed deposit claim
However, testimony from prosecution witness Mildred Donkor (PW3) on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at the Specialized Court 1 in Accra, presided over by Justice Francis Apangabuno Achibongo, a Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting as an additional High Court Judge, appears to challenge and contradict that position.
During cross-examination by defence counsel Samuel Atta Akyea, the prosecution witness Mildred Donkor (PW3) was taken through Exhibits 27 and 28, which relate to the alleged fixed deposit investment.
When asked which entity benefited from the fixed deposit investment, she told the court: “Exhibit 27 does not have any beneficiary. Exhibit 28, the certificate is addressed to BNC Communications Bureau Limited.”
Pressed further on whether the fixed deposit certificate was in the personal name of Kwabena Adu-Boahene, Mildred Donkor (PW3) was categorical: “No my Lord, it is not in his name.”
The defence then suggested a distinction between Adu-Boahene as an individual and the company involved, but the witness responded: “I do not know.”
The exchange directly confronts the Attorney-General’s earlier public claim that the GH¢16 million fixed deposit was held in Adu-Boahene’s personal name, rather than in the name of a corporate entity.
The court also heard further questioning on a separate allegation that PW3 (Mildred Donkor) had previously testified to a transfer of GH¢2.5 million to an individual identified as Rashida Saani. When asked whether she still stood by that testimony, PW3 responded: “Yes my Lord.”
However, when pressed on whether that allegation appeared in her earlier statements to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), she said:“I cannot remember.”
The defence put it to her that she had never made such an allegation while she was initially an accused person and that it only emerged after she became a prosecution witness.
Mildred Donkor (PW3) responded: “As I said earlier that I was coached when I went to EOCO…” She further stated that her witness statement was prepared based on questions posed to her by her lawyer after she was confronted with the charge sheet.
The case has been adjourned to Monday, June 15, 2026, for continuation of cross-examination.
