Lawyer for embattled former National Signals Bureau boss, Kwabena Adu Boahen, has criticised the Attorney General’s decision to drop charges against Mildred Donkor — a key accused in the ongoing GH¢49 million theft case — calling the move a “dramatic development” that undermines the integrity of the prosecution.
Mildred Donkor, who was previously the third accused in the high-profile case involving Adu Boahen, his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, and their company, Advantage Solutions Ltd., was formally discharged by the High Court after the Attorney General filed a notice of withdrawal. She is now expected to testify as a prosecution witness.
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Speaking to the media after the court’s decision in Accra on Friday October 17, lead counsel Samuel Atta Akyea questioned the sudden shift in the Attorney General’s position.
“For the first time I am hearing that somebody has been withdrawn as an accused person and is being made a witness… I could tell you that it is one of the interesting developments and dramatic moments in this whole thing because an accused person has become a prosecution witness,” he said.
He argued that the Attorney General had previously accused Donkor of money laundering alongside the first and second accused, and questioned what had changed.
“The AG has published to the whole world that the third accused is into money laundering activities with the first and second accused. So what has changed? Guess who signed it? The AG signed it before the court and the charge sheet says so. So what has changed for the AG to have a huge somersault that the one that I have accused to be involved in money laundering should come and testify against the people she was charged with?”
Atta Akyea expressed concern that the prosecution was acting in “indecent haste” to strengthen its case by turning a former accused into a state witness, despite having publicly implicated her.
“It is too early to talk about it, but for me it leaves much to be desired,” he added.
Earlier, Atta Akyea also criticised the court’s decision to continue with the trial despite a pending appeal over disclosure issues. He described the ruling as an “aberration of justice,” saying it deprives his client of critical information needed to mount a proper defence.
CNR