Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has said the criminal case against the former Chief Executive of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab, and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, is going to get bigger.
According to Martin Kpebu, the Attorney General, revealing thy have uncovered Fresh evidence means more loot.
Speaking on JoyNews Prime on Tuesday, May 5, Martin Kpebu stated, “So that is what I meant by the case is going to be bigger. It means that fresh evidence means more loot, unfortunately. So I’m not celebrating it. It’s sad. But the good news is that at least it means that they’ve uncovered it. And so it’s likely that at the end of the trial, we should be able to get back the property”.
Lawyer Kpebu argued that the Attorney-General, Dr Domininic Ayine, and his deputy, knowing the intense public scrutiny surrounding the case, would not have taken the “risky” step of cancelling the existing trial unless the new evidence was substantial enough.
He added, “No, the Attorney General knows… they both know that Ghanaians are expectant and some have even lost patience. For them to stop this trial and say they are going to start a fresh one, it tells you that it must be worth it. It must be worth it”.
“No, these two guys, I don’t think they want to take chances that what they’ve uncovered is so small and yet they are starting the trial fresh. No, it must be big. It must be premium. It must be worth the cancellation of the case and the filing afresh”.
“So let’s give them a few days. They definitely will see it,” he concluded.
His comments follow Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, who were arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
The two were arrested after the Attorney-General had earlier discontinued all charges against them in an ongoing criminal case.
The development comes after the Attorney General and Minister of Justice have withdrawn all charges against the accused persons in the Buffer Stock case.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.”
Background
It will be recalled that Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has filed twenty-four criminal charges against the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, and four others.
Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba and four others have been accused of offences involving stealing, money laundering, and causing financial loss to the state.
The court documents filed at the Accra High Court mention Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, Faiza Seidu Wuni, Richard Sam-Asante (currently at large), The Aludiba Foundation, and Energy Partners Limited as the accused persons.
Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife, and three others have been charged with multiple offences, including stealing, money laundering, and causing over GHC 300 million in financial loss to the state.
The five are facing 24 counts of various offences, which include “stealing, conspiracy, defrauding by false pretences, and the willful dissipation of public funds, in violation of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044)”.
The charge sheet filed by the AG alleged that Abdul-Wahab, as NAFCO CEO from February 2017 to February 2025, diverted over GH¢50.8 million of company funds under the guise of payments to a supplier.
Abdul-Wahab also transferred an additional GH¢5.49 million to his own company, Aludiba Enterprise, for the supply of food items to NAFCO.
Co-accused Faiza Seidu Wuni is alleged to have laundered more than GH¢13.2 million through her firm, Fa-Hausa Ventures, and caused a further GH¢4.4 million loss to the state.
The Aludiba Foundation and Energy Partners Limited, linked to Abdul-Wahab, have also been charged with receiving and laundering proceeds.