The Attorney General has withdrawn its application seeking to revoke a court order that allowed former National Food Buffer Stock Company Chief Executive Officer, Hanan Abdul-Wahab, to travel abroad.
The AG’s application followed Hanan Abdul-Wahab, who was arrested while travelling for medical treatment, despite having obtained the court’s permission to leave the country.
In court, the presiding judge, Justice Francis Apanga Achibonga, observed that the travel order required Hanan Abdul-Wahab to return by 12 July 2026, ruling that there was no subsisting order before the court to revoke.
The Attorney General subsequently withdrew the application.
The former Buffer Stock CEO’s lawyer, Godfred Dame, however, criticised the state’s actions, claiming that they were in defiance of the court’s earlier order.
The presiding judge then struck out the application as withdrawn.
Earlier, the Office of the Attorney General had filed an application to overturn the order permitting former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company Hanan Abdul-Wahab to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) for specialist medical treatment over concerns he may fail to return to stand trial.
According to the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Facebook page on July 8, 2026, the AG’s office filed the application over fears the former Buffer Stock CEO has plans not to return to the country.
Part of the update reads, “The application has been necessitated by material facts and subsequent developments that came to the attention of the prosecution after the court granted the travel request. These developments, in the Attorney General’s considered view, fundamentally alter the basis upon which the court exercised its discretion.
“Facts deposed to in the affidavit in support of the application reveal that the first accused allegedly attempted to rely on an order of a differently constituted High Court in separate proceedings to access funds held in bank accounts that remain subject to valid freezing orders obtained by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO); an act which violates Section 37 of the Economic and Organised Crime Act, 2010 (Act 804)”.
It added, “The relevant financial institution declined the attempted withdrawal and notified the investigative authorities. This attempted withdrawal occurred shortly before the first accused was due to depart Ghana, raising legitimate concerns regarding compliance with existing court orders, the integrity of the ongoing criminal proceedings, and the risk that the accused may fail to return to stand trial if permitted to leave the jurisdiction.”
“It is the position of the Attorney General that these material facts, which were not before the Court when the travel order was made, may materially influence the Court’s decision regarding its order granting leave for the first accused to travel outside the jurisdiction.”
The development follows Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem Sai, disclosing that the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, has been arrested at the Accra International Airport after allegedly trying to illegally withdraw money from his frozen Republic Bank account.
According to Dr Justice Srem Sai, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba was arrested after an attempt to use “false means” to access funds in a frozen bank account.
Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba is currently on trial for stealing and causing financial loss to the state and had been granted permission by the High Court to travel to the United Kingdom for a few days.
Dr Justice Srem Sai disclosed that although the court had allowed him to travel to the UK, he will ask the court on Monday to cancel that permission.
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