High Court Dismisses Adjournment Request in GH¢49 Million NSB Case
Accra, Ghana – 29 July, 2025 – The High Court in Accra has dismissed a request for adjournment by the newly appointed lawyer for Mildred Donkor, the third accused person in the ongoing National Signals Bureau (NSB) case involving the alleged theft of GH¢49 million in state funds.
Justice John Nyante Nyadu, presiding over the case, ruled that Donkor had been given ample time to secure legal representation and was expected to fully brief her new lawyer ahead of proceedings.
The judge emphasized that Donkor's literacy and awareness of the case's adjournment to secure legal representation implied that she should have adequately informed her new counsel.
“I ordinarily would have granted the request if the accused were illiterate,” the judge stated. “But for someone as literate as she is, who was aware that this case had been adjourned to secure legal representation, it is reasonably expected that she would apprise her lawyer of all pending processes.”
Donkor's new lawyer, Mr. Nutifafa Nutsukpui, requested a brief adjournment to familiarize himself with the case files, citing that Donkor had only officially engaged his services the previous evening and had brought incomplete documents. However, the Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, opposed the request, arguing that the engagement of counsel is a deliberate process and should not delay proceedings.
The court has ordered that the motion scheduled for the day be moved, and the case will proceed with further hearings on July 31, 2025. The judge stated that disclosure is an ongoing process, and when counsel properly enters the matter, they have every right to seek disclosures relevant to their client.
The case involves former National Signals Bureau Director Kwabena Adu-Boahene, his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, Mildred Donkor, and Advantage Solutions Limited, who are facing 11 charges, including stealing, money laundering, defrauding by false pretences, and wilfully causing financial loss. The charges stem from the alleged diversion and embezzlement of state funds in the procurement of a cyber defence system in 2020 by the NSB.
Source: Lead News Online/Emmanuel Kofi Ahadzi
