Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab, and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, have been hit with fresh criminal charges by the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice over alleged financial irregularities involving millions of Ghana cedis.
Court documents filed at the High Court in Accra on May 15, 2026, indicate that the couple is facing 20 counts related to alleged misconduct during Mr. Abdul-Wahab’s tenure at the state-owned food management agency.
The charges include stealing, defrauding by false pretences, abuse of public office for profit, and money laundering, deepening the legal challenges confronting the former NAFCO boss and his spouse.
The latest legal action follows the couple’s re-arrest by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) shortly after they were discharged by the High Court in an earlier case, a development that attracted significant public attention.
According to prosecutors, Mr. Abdul-Wahab allegedly secured GH¢734,400 from NAFCO in 2017 under the guise of rent payments said to cover a two-year period between May 2017 and May 2019.
The prosecution argues that the payments were made under questionable circumstances and formed part of an alleged scheme to improperly benefit from public funds while serving in public office.
The Attorney General’s office further alleges that between September 2018 and August 2019, more than GH¢3.34 million was paid to Alqarni Enterprise, a company reportedly owned by Faiza Seidu Wuni.
Investigators claim the payments were made for supposed food supply contracts which prosecutors now describe as fraudulent.
Court filings suggest the transactions were presented as legitimate procurement arrangements, although investigators believe the contracts lacked proper justification and may have been used to divert state funds for personal benefit.
Prosecutors also allege that the accused persons attempted to conceal the source of the funds through various means, resulting in the additional money laundering charges captured in the latest charge sheet.
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