Information reaching us indicate has that the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has re-arrested former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCo), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, and his wife, Faiza Wuni, shortly after the Attorney-General formally withdrew all charges against them in an ongoing criminal prosecution.
The development, according to GhanaWeb sources, which happened on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, brought proceedings at the High Court to an abrupt end but immediately reignited controversy over the state’s handling of the case.
Lawyers for the accused persons strongly criticised the move, describing it as an abuse of prosecutorial discretion.
Counsel for the second accused, Augustine Obuor, argued that the case had been pursued almost to its conclusion and warned that any attempt by the Attorney-General to refile or continue the matter in another court would amount to an abuse of process.
According to him, if the state intended to pursue different charges, it should have amended them instead of withdrawing the case entirely.
He stressed that prosecutorial discretion must be exercised in line with the rights of the accused.
Similarly, counsel for the first accused, Godfred Yeboah Dame, questioned the approach taken by the prosecution.
He indicated that the defence would not oppose the withdrawal describing it as a form of reprieve.
He, subsequently, expressed concern about the re-arrest.
”The proper way as I indicated is to undertake painstaking investigations and not to hurriedly lump the accused persons before the court and all that. We have seen in this country the manifestation of gross abuse of prosecutorial discretion. When accused persons are before the court, cases have concluded, they have been adjudged to have a case to answer by a court of competent jurisdiction, the A-G comes to discontinue and puts before the court a new set of accused persons who are all NPP appointees.
”Without any evidence at all, he undertakes the prosecution and then discontinues…We live to see,” 3news.com quoted Dame as saying.
Deputy Attorney-General, Justice Srem Sai, has not publicly detailed the reasons behind the withdrawal of charges, leaving questions about the state’s next steps and the future of the case.
<b>Background
The charges, filed at the High Court in Accra on October 28, 2025, spanned multiple offences, including stealing, money laundering, defrauding by false pretence, fraudulently and intentionally causing financial loss to the Republic, using public office for profit, and the intentional dissipation of public funds.
Under the count of stealing, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba was accused of stealing GH¢50,879,210 from the National Food and Buffer Stock Company Limited (NAFCO) under the guise of payments to Sawtina Enterprise.
Also, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba and Richard Sam-Asante allegedly caused NAFCO to lose GH¢50,879,210 through fraudulent payments to Sawtina Enterprise.
Faiza Seidu Wuni allegedly received GH¢13,213,501.52 from Hanan, knowing it was proceeds of crime.
Faiza allegedly took GH¢500,000 from Sawtina Enterprise, knowing it was criminally obtained.
Faiza and Hanan allegedly used GH¢16,493,501.52 in the FA-Hausa Ventures account, knowing it was acquired through criminal means.
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