The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has initiated criminal proceedings against the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, and four others over alleged offences involving stealing, money laundering, and causing financial loss to the state.
Court documents filed at the High Court in Accra list the accused as Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, Faiza Seidu Wuni, Richard Sam-Asante (currently at large), The Aludiba Foundation, and Energy Partners Limited.
Together, they face 21 counts of various offences, including 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).
According to the charge sheet, made available to GhanaWeb, Abdul-Wahab, during his tenure as NAFCO CEO from February 2017 to February 2025, allegedly diverted over GH¢50.8 million of company funds under the pretext of payments to a supplier, Sawtina Enterprise.
He is also accused of transferring an additional GH¢5.49 million to his own company, Aludiba Enterprise, purportedly 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 through transactions with NAFCO in the name of Alqarni Enterprise.
The Aludiba Foundation and Energy Partners Limited, both reportedly linked to Abdul-Wahab, have also been charged for their alleged roles in receiving and laundering proceeds from the unlawful transactions.
The Attorney General’s Office maintains that the actions of the accused led to substantial financial losses to the Republic.
The case has been filed at the High Court in Accra, with proceedings expected to begin shortly.
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