Hanan Abdul-Wahab, the former National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) Chief Executive Officer and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, have been hit with 20 new charges.
Reports suggest the Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Justice have filed 20 new charges against the ex-NAFCO boss.
According to court documents filed at the High Court in Accra on May 15, 2026, Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife will return to court facing 20 charges of alleged theft, fraud, and money laundering exceeding GHC 60 million.
State prosecutors allege that Mr Abdul-Wahab illegally obtained GH¢734,400 from NAFCO in 2017 under the pretext of rent payments purportedly covering two years from May 2017 to May 2019, adding that the payments were processed under questionable circumstances.
Also, the Attorney General’s office alleges that between September 2018 and August 2019, more than GH¢3.34 million was diverted to Alqarni Enterprise, a company said to be owned by Mr Abdul-Wahab’s wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni.
Investigators claim the payments were made for purported food supply contracts that prosecutors now describe as fraudulent.
Court filings indicate that the alleged transactions were processed under the guise of legitimate procurement arrangements. Investigators alleged that the contracts lacked proper justification and claimed it was designed to siphon state funds for personal gain.
The Attorney General’s office further highlighted that the Former NAFCO boss concealed the origins of the funds, leading to the additional money laundering charges contained in the latest charge sheet.
The development comes after the Attorney General and Minister of Justice have withdrawn all charges against the accused persons in the Buffer Stock case.
According to a report by TheLawPlatform in a post on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Attorney General’s withdrawal of all charges in the GH¢78 million Buffer Stock case follows procedural setbacks suffered in previous proceedings.
Former NAFCO CEO Abdul-Wahab Hanan, who was the first accused, was represented by former Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame, while the counsel for the second accused person was Augustine Obour.
The Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, in a post on Facebook, informed the court that the prosecution had decided to discontinue proceedings against the accused persons following the emergence of fresh evidence.
“Following the discovery of fresh evidence, we have, a while ago, withdrawn from the prosecution of all the Accused Persons in the case of THE REPUBLIC v HANAN ABDUL-WAHAB ALUDIBA and 4 OTHERS. This is to afford each of the Accused Persons a fair and a more speedy trial in accordance with the Constitution,” he stated in a post on X.
Dr Justice Srem-Sai explained that the decision was intended to ensure that each of the accused persons is given “a fair and speedy trial in accordance with the Constitution.”
Meanwhile, Justice Srem-Sai, a Deputy Attorney General, has disclosed that the state has a strong case against the accused persons in the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) case.
According to the Deputy AG, the decision to discontinue all charges against the former NAFCO boss and his wife in an ongoing criminal case is consistent with standard criminal procedure.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, May 7, Dr Srem-Sai stated, “You cannot just come to court when you have fresh evidence in a criminal trial and start throwing around the evidence”.
“You need to hear from the accused persons regarding the fresh evidence. That will inform your final decision whether you will charge the person or not. But to say that fresh evidence is not available merely because you don’t have it is completely improper and unethical.”
“It is part of criminal procedure to do that whenever you have fresh evidence. I don’t know why this has become an issue for the former Attorney General, who should know better, to be lamenting across the media, making the same point,” he added.
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