Fresh court documents filed at the High Court in Accra have levelled 20 criminal charges against former National Food and Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, over alleged financial improprieties involving millions of Ghana cedis.
The charges, filed by the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice on May 15, 2026, include stealing, defrauding by false pretences, wilfully causing financial loss to the state, abuse of public office for profit, dishonestly receiving and money laundering.
According to prosecutors, Mr Aludiba allegedly fraudulently obtained GH¢734,400 — the cedi equivalent of US$127,500 — from NAFCO in 2017 under the pretext of rent payments said to cover the period between May 2017 and May 2019. The state claims the representation was false and amounted to defrauding by false pretence.
The prosecution further alleges that between February 2017 and February 2025, the former CEO diverted approximately GH¢50.8 million from NAFCO through payments made to a private entity, Sawtina Enterprise, purportedly for foodstuff purchases. Prosecutors argue the transactions caused substantial financial loss to the state agency.
In another set of allegations, the state accuses Mr Aludiba of facilitating payments exceeding GH¢3.34 million to a business allegedly owned by his wife, identified as Alqarni Enterprise, for supposed food supply transactions between September 2018 and August 2019.
Prosecutors claim the transactions were fraudulent and constituted theft and abuse of office.
Faiza Seidu Wuni is separately facing charges of defrauding by false pretence, dishonestly receiving and money laundering under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044). The prosecution alleges she falsely represented that her business had supplied food items to NAFCO and knowingly received funds believed to have been obtained unlawfully.
The latest court action follows the re-arrest of the couple by the Economic and Organised Crime Office shortly after they were discharged in an earlier case.
Lawyer for the former NAFCO boss, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has criticised EOCO’s handling of the matter, accusing investigators of denying the accused access to lawyers and refusing bail despite previous court processes and earlier bail conditions.
The case is expected to return to court in the coming days as prosecutors move to formally prosecute the new charges.
