Madam Mildred Donkor, a former director of Benefit Options Restricted, advised the Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday how she managed financial institution accounts and carried out monetary transactions for defendants Kwabena Adu Boahene and his spouse Angela Adjei Boateng.
The third prosecution witness, Madam Donkor, advised the courtroom presided over by Justice Asibonga throughout additional examination of proof that BNC Communications Bureau Restricted is likely one of the corporations owned by the accused. She stated it was launched round 2018 as a part of enterprise enlargement.
The testimony was led by Deputy Lawyer Basic Justice Sreem Sai, whereas Mr. Samuel Atta Akiya represented the accused.
She stated she was answerable for account administration, together with funds, withdrawals and transfers, on behalf of the accused.
The witness defined that the checkbook for the BNC account was not prepared on the preliminary stage, which she defined was a standard scenario in banks. In consequence, funds had been usually transferred to accounts at different corporations, comparable to Benefit Options Restricted and Vertex Properties Restricted, to facilitate transactions.
She stated that when the checkbooks had been made out there, withdrawals and funds had been made to 3rd events and, in some instances, on to herself, after which the funds had been handed over to the defendants.
Madam Donkor stated lots of the funds had been made to suppliers of constructing supplies comparable to cement and iron rods. Because of the excessive quantity of transactions, she used Excel spreadsheets and notebooks to maintain private information for reconciliation functions.
She advised the courtroom that the majority directions concerning the transactions got orally from the primary defendant and in some instances from the second defendant. This transaction was usually described as a mortgage, and she or he was required to maintain detailed information to trace repayments.
The prosecution’s try to show over the Excel information was postponed after the protection requested time to assessment the newly submitted disclosures. Nonetheless, the pocket book containing the handwritten notes was admitted into proof with out objection.
The witness testified that some funds had been despatched to Mrs. Margaret Ama Donkor, the mom of the primary defendant, to help within the buy of constructing supplies for a development challenge in Asokore, Kumasi.
Photographs of the alleged challenge sparked a authorized battle, with the protection difficult it on grounds of authenticity below NRCD 323. The protection argued that the witness had not personally visited the scene. The courtroom rejected the objection and decided that the witness’s identification of the challenge was enough proof.
Madam Donkor additionally stated that the withdrawals had been made utilizing pre-signed test books signed by the accused, which had been accomplished as per directions earlier than being submitted to the financial institution or facilitating the switch.
She recognized 12 checkbooks linked to numerous accounts together with these of Benefit Options Restricted, BNC Communications Bureau Restricted and Vertex Properties Restricted. All of those had been saved at Common Service provider Financial institution branches.
The witness confirmed that she performed a direct function in filling out the test flyers and making the funds, both personally or via different people, as instructed.
The case was adjourned till Thursday 7 Could 2026 for continuation.
