Mr. Frank Anane Dekpey, the first prosecution witness in Kwabena Adu-Boahen’s trial, claims he usually brings money for Mr. Adu-Boahen from the bank in “Ghana Must Go” together with three other people. Mr. Dekpey was once the director of the National Signals Bureau.
Since the checks were sealed, he claimed he had no idea how much they were. He added that the money was normally transferred into accounts owned by “Perfect Solutions.”
The Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, led the evidence-in-chief. The witness stated that he was employed for five years as a chauffeur for Adu-Boahen and the other accused individuals, primarily performing bank errands for them.
Accra resident Mr. Frank Anane Dekpey informed the court that he had worked as a taxi driver for 12 years before becoming a chauffeur for the accused.
He claimed to have known Mildred Donkor, the third accused, from Cedar Mountain Chapel International, where they both worshipped and where he performed various tasks for her, such as washing her car.
According to him, Donkor frequently instructed him to deposit or take funds from Stanbic Bank or UMB and deliver them to Adu-Boahen at his Labone office in Accra.
He claimed that, per Madam Donkor’s orders, he used to deposit and take funds at the Stanbic Bank branch at the Airport as well as collect money from the UMB bank branch in Labone.
The witness stated that because the cheques were sealed in an envelope and he was instructed by Madam Donkor to deliver them to a certain bank employee for cashing, he frequently did not know the precise amount of money he had taken out.
The defence’s counsel, Mr. Samuel Atta Akyea, asked the witness during cross-examination if he had previously worked with the National Security Agency, but the witness denied this.
When Mr. Atta Akyea asked why the witness had been arrested by EOCO, the witness acknowledged that he had accepted the organization’s invitation voluntarily.
According to Mr. Anane Dekpey, he was held for nearly a week, questioned, and then released on bond.
The witness claimed that because his signature was discovered behind the bank receipts, he was questioned.
Source: newsthemegh.com