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In the 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐯. 𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐮-𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞 & 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, the investigator has made damning revelations in his testimony today.

Here is a brief of what he said with some extra information for those who may have forgotten the case details:

1. Kwabena Adu-Boahene is the former Director-General of Ghana’s National Signals Bureau. He has been charged alongside his wife Angela Adjei Boateng, a former UMB bank officer named Mildred Donkor, and a company called Advantage Solutions Limited.

2. On January 30, 2020, Adu-Boahene signed a $7 million contract on behalf of the Government of Ghana with an Israeli company called ISC Holdings Limited. The contract was for a cyber defence system.

3. The Ghana cedi equivalent of that contract was GH¢49.1 million. EOCO says he diverted every pesewa of it.

4. He signed three cheques on the Bureau’s Fidelity Bank account and moved the money into a private UMB bank account called “BNC Communications Bureau – Operations.”

5. That account was opened on February 5, 2020. The first cheque was drawn and deposited the very next day. EOCO says the account was created specifically to receive the stolen funds.

6. The account belongs to a private company called BNC Communications Bureau Limited. That company is owned and controlled by Adu-Boahene and his wife.

7. Out of the GH¢49.1 million, only GH¢9.5 million was transferred to ISC Holdings. No further payments were ever made to them.

8. The rest of the money was withdrawn in cash. Adu-Boahene made personal withdrawals and also instructed the bank to allow Mildred Donkor to withdraw on his behalf.

9. An associate named Frank Anane Dekpey told police he regularly withdrew and disbursed the cash in large “Ghana Must Go bags” on instructions from Adu-Boahene, his wife, or Donkor.

10. Mildred Donkor was originally Adu-Boahene’s bank relationship officer at UMB. She later left the bank and became a close business partner and director of his companies.

11. ISC Holdings never delivered the cyber defence system. The National Signals Bureau does not have it and has never had it in its inventory.

12. EOCO discovered a network of shell companies linked to Adu-Boahene, his wife, and Donkor. These include Vertex Solutions Limited, Vertex Properties Limited, Enterprise Dream Collections Limited, and Securigence Limited.

13. None of these companies had clients, employees, or records of any services rendered. Enterprise Dream Collections dealt in luxury vehicles, most of which turned out to be stolen from North America.

14. EOCO traced the diverted funds to the purchase of at least 12 properties. Five houses on Edith Avenue in Mayfair Gardens, Tse Addo. Units at Embassy Gardens, Cantonments. A 27-unit apartment block in Oyarifa. A hotel in Asokore Mampong. All have been frozen by the court.

15. Adu-Boahene was legally required to declare his assets to the Auditor-General. He refused. The Auditor-General confirmed in a letter dated May 2, 2025 that he has never declared his assets.

16. A black BMW 740D xDrive was found in his possession. INTERPOL confirmed the vehicle was stolen from Germany in June 2023. It was originally a Sixt rental car. Ghana customs records show Adu-Boahene personally imported it.

17. Adu-Boahene was arrested at Kotoka International Airport on March 20, 2025, arriving from the United Kingdom. His wife was arrested the next day. Donkor was arrested on April 8.

18. All four accused were charged at EOCO on April 28, 2025 and arraigned before the High Court. The case number is CR/0418/2025. Their lawyer is Samuel Atta-Akyea of Zoe, Akyea & Co.

19. This is not commentary. Every point above comes from a sworn prosecution witness statement filed at the High Court in Accra, supported by bank records, cheque copies, deposit slips, INTERPOL correspondence, and company registration documents.