Justice Sai WRITES
CASE UPDATE: The Republic v Kwabena Adu-Boahene & 2 Others
This afternoon, our illustrious State Attorneys and EOCO investigators closed the Republic’s case. The Republic’s allegation in the case is quite simple and straightforward. It is that the 1st Accused Person (A1) used clever means to steal and, with the assistance of his wife (A2) and their company (A3), spent GHC 49.1 million of a State agency’s money. As a result, the Republic charged them with the offences of stealing, money laundering and causing financial losses to the Republic.
A1’s main answer to the Republic’s allegation is that he did not use the money on himself or family or friends; but that he used it to buy a cyber defence system for the State agency. To prove our allegations, our State Attorneys called 4 witnesses in all. WITNESS 1 was A1 and A2’s family driver. WITNESS 1 testified that he ran money errands for A1 and A2, and carried huge sums of monies from banks to A1 and A2 and their friends, family and associates.
WITNESS 2 is the Head of Finance of the State agency whose money A1 is accused of stealing. WITNESS 2 testified to the State agency’s processes and procedures for handling money and for purchasing such defence systems. WITNESS 2, particularly, testified to a few important facts: (1) The name on the three cheques are not the names of the bank account into which A1 ended up depositing the cheques. (2) No such defence system was ever ordered for the agency. (3) The identification number on the invoice which A1 claimed to have used in buying the said defence system is the invoice number of an entirely different equipment which the Agency officially bought on another occasion. (4) The bank account into which A1 deposited the three cheques are not the State agency’s bank account, and that the State agency knows nothing about that company or its bank account.
WITNESS 3 was A1’s employee who handled A1 and A2’s personal financial and business affairs. This Witness testified to how A1 and A2 spent the money through A3 and other companies, families and associates. Particularly, WITNESS 3 explained to the court how A1 dealt with the banks and how the bank filed a suspicious transaction report on A1’s money activities which forced A1 to close the bank account. She testified to A1 and A2 investments in real estate and money instruments. She tendered cheques which were pre-signed by A1 and A2 some of which were chased and paid to builders working on various landed properties in Accra and Asokore Mampong.
WITNESS 4 is the EOCO Investigator. This Witness brought the following into evidence: (1) The three cheques and cheque deposit slips which A1 cleverly used to move the GHC 49.1 million from the State agency’s bank account into his private company’s bank account. (2) Incorporation and bank account opening documentation for A1 and A2’s companies, including the company into whose bank account the GHC 49.1 million was deposited. (3) Bank account statements to show how, having moved the money into his private company’s bank account, A1 spent the money. (4) Purchase receipts and documents to landed properties from real estate companies which connected the purchases to A1’s private bank accounts. (5) A1’s salary as a civil servant for about 2 decades and the companies and assets he owns.
The Court gave the Accused Persons up to September 25 to file their submission of no case to answer. The Republic is to respond within 14 days when served. The case is adjourned to November 5, 2026.
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The cycle continues
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