Former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor, has denied any involvement in bribery allegations linked to the case involving former investment banker Asante Kwaku Berko in the United States.

Legal counsel for Dr Donkor, KT Hammond, in a statement dated Monday, August 10, 2026, said their client had no knowledge of any request or demand for money in connection with negotiations between the government and ASKA Energy.

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“Our client instructs us in very clear language that he has absolutely no knowledge of the allegations linked to him. He completely and emphatically denies any knowledge of a request or demand for any money as alleged,” the lawyers said.

The statement acknowledged that Dr Donkor was Minister of Power at the time the government was negotiating with ASKA Energy to generate additional electricity for Ghana amid the severe power crisis popularly known as ‘Dumsor’.

According to his lawyers, the negotiations took place during a period of extreme power shortages and load-shedding across the country.

The statement disclosed that a technical team comprising representatives from various stakeholders in the electricity sector was sent to Istanbul, Turkey, to inspect equipment expected to generate electricity for Ghana.

The lawyers said the trip formed part of the normal pre-shipment process.

Dr Donkor’s legal team further stressed that he never met Asante Berko during the negotiations and has not met him since.

“At no point in the course of this negotiation did he once set eyes on the said Mr Asante Berko, nor has he since,” the statement said.

The former minister also denied discussing or receiving any personal benefit from Berko or anyone else, as alleged.

“He has never met the said Mr Asante Berko all his life; he never discussed any personal benefit of any value whatsoever with Mr Asante Berko or any other person for that matter; he never authorised any person to discuss any such matters on his behalf; he never received any money in any denomination or any personal benefit of any value from Mr Asante Berko or any other person,” his lawyers stated.

The lawyers added that anyone who may have demanded money using Dr Donkor’s name did so for their own benefit.

“Any person or persons who may have made any such criminal demand in his name did so for that person or persons’ own benefit,” they said.

Dr Donkor’s lawyers also questioned whether evidence presented during Berko’s trial in the US established that the former minister had demanded or received money.

“Our client does not understand that any evidence was led in the US trial which linked him with demanding or receiving any money, cedis or dollars or anything of value to him personally,” the statement said.

The lawyers further argued that references during the trial to a “Senior Ghana Official” did not amount to evidence of wrongdoing by Dr Donkor.

“He does not accept that evidence that some other person or persons claimed that they required money from their principals for the benefit of ‘Senior Ghana Official’ or any other title holder metamorphosed into any evidence of criminality or wrongdoing against him,” the statement added.

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The legal team has consequently warned against publications or statements that could damage the former minister’s reputation.

“We are instructed to notify the general public accordingly, and to state that any publication or statement of any kind which could be interpreted as contrary to the instructions clearly stated above and which will seek to impugn on the reputation and integrity of our client SHALL result in immediate legal proceedings,” Cavendish Chambers said.



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