Also known as: former NAFCO boss · former Chief Executive Officer of the National Buffer Stock Company · Hannan Abdul-Wahab · Mr Adul Wahab Hanan · Hannan · Mr Hannan · Honourable Hanan Abdul-Wahab
Former National Food Buffer Stock Company CEO facing criminal charges including fraud and financial loss to the state, currently in custody pending trial.
… The cases include the trial of former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, as well as former NAFCO Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Wahab, among others. …
… The affected proceedings include the trial of former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, as well as former NAFCO Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Wahab, among others. …
… Lawyers representing former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and former National Food Buffer Stock Company Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Wahab have opposed the arrangement and sought to have their cases deferred until October, when the new legal …
A member of Hanan Abdul-Wahab’s legal team, Yaw Buampong Adu-Brempong, has rejected claims that the defence is deliberately delaying the trial, insisting that lead counsel Godfred Yeboah Dame’s illness is genuine. …
… on to allow selected cases to proceed during the current legal vacation, particularly proceedings involving former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahen and former National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Wahab …
… y has deepened following the Chief Justice’s decision not to grant requests by lawyers representing former National Signals Bureau (NSB) Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahen and former National Food and Buffer Stock Company Limited (NAFCO) Chief Executive Officer Hanan Abdul-Wahab …
The Supreme Court dismissed Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah's application to stop selected criminal trials during the legal vacation (August–September). Oppong Nkrumah has signalled his legal team will study the ruling before deciding whether to seek a review, noting the judge acknowledged differential treatment of some cases but found it did not violate constitutional provisions.
The Supreme Court dismissed Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah's application to stop selected criminal trials during the legal vacation (August–September). Oppong Nkrumah has signalled his legal team will study the ruling before deciding whether to seek a review, noting the judge acknowledged differential treatment of some cases but found it did not violate constitutional provisions.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Ofoase-Ayirebi MP Kojo Oppong Nkrumah did not make a proper case for an injunction to halt criminal trials during the legal vacation, allowing selected court proceedings to continue under administrative warrants issued by the Chief Justice. The substantive constitutional challenge filed by Oppong Nkrumah, which argues the warrants violate the 1992 Constitution, remains pending before the court.
Private legal practitioner Thaddeus Sory has urged lawyers dissatisfied with judicial decisions to pursue established legal procedures rather than turning to the media, public pressure or boycotts. His comments follow controversy over a Chief Justice directive allowing selected High Court judges to sit during the legal vacation, which lawyers representing two defendants have opposed.
The Accra High Court has suspended the criminal trial of former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, pending a Supreme Court decision on an injunction challenging trials during the judiciary's legal vacation. Defence lawyers have petitioned the Chief Justice, arguing that the directive allowing selected trials to proceed during vacation departs from established practice and is inconsistent with the Constitution.
Hanan Abdul-Wahab's lawyer Yaw Buampong Adu-Brempong has rejected accusations that the defence is deliberately delaying the trial, stating that lead counsel Godfred Yeboah Dame's illness is genuine and expressing concern about continuing substantive criminal proceedings during the legal vacation when Dame is unwell. The defence has formally written to the Chief Justice objecting to the trial continuation during the vacation period, arguing that vacation courts typically handle only urgent matters such as motions.
Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah said judges can hear substantive cases during legal vacation if the lawyers involved are consulted and have no objection, adding that the practice of having judges sit during vacation predates Ghana's independence and is traditionally reserved for urgent matters like bail and injunctions.
Former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab told the Accra High Court on Wednesday that his lead counsel, former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, is unwell and receiving medical attention, explaining the lawyer's absence from proceedings. Dame had previously objected to the court's decision to hear the criminal case during the legal vacation period.
Private lawyer Martin Kpebu has urged the Ghana Bar Association and the Association of Judges and Magistrates to negotiate a resolution to their disagreement over court proceedings during the legal vacation, following the Chief Justice's refusal to defer cases where lawyers cited prior commitments during the period.
The New Patriotic Party has accused Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie of exhibiting partisan disposition and facilitating selective justice by issuing special warrants for two High Court judges to conduct substantive criminal trials during the legal vacation. The party questioned why only these two courts were authorised to conduct full criminal trials when the affected cases involve persons associated with the NPP, arguing the decision amounted to unequal treatment.
The Deputy Attorney General told the High Court he has reason to doubt the medical document presented by lawyers for Hanan Abdul-Wahab, former National Food Buffer Stock Company boss, to explain his absence from trial. The Deputy AG argued the document lacked sufficient medical detail such as diagnosis or condition, and noted recent concerns including the accused's attempted arrest at the airport.
The Accra High Court has dismissed an application by the former CEO of the National Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul-Wahab, to strike out his entire charge sheet; the court ordered the prosecution to amend only Counts 9 and 14, allowing the case involving 20 counts of alleged financial loss to the state to proceed.
An Accra High Court scheduled July 23, 2026, to deliver its ruling on Hanan Abdul-Wahab's application to strike out charges against him on grounds that the charge sheet is fatally defective and violates his constitutional right to a fair trial. Abdul-Wahab faces charges including defrauding by false pretences, wilfully causing financial loss to the Republic, stealing, using public office for profit, intentional dissipation of public funds, and money laundering.
Lawyers for Hanan Abdul-Wahab, led by former Attorney-General Godfred Dame, have challenged the validity of the charge sheet in the Buffer Stock case, arguing it lacks sufficient particulars and improperly combines separate transactions spanning several years into single charges, contrary to legal requirements. The defence is asking the court to strike out the entire charge sheet.
The Accra High Court rescheduled the trial of former National Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab after court proceedings were delayed by a lengthy judgment in a separate case involving NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako. Abdul-Wahab and his wife face allegations of orchestrating a scheme to divert public funds from the National Buffer Stock Company and School Feeding Programme for personal benefit.
Former Attorney-General Godfred Dame has expressed disappointment with the court's failure to compel the State to return the passport of his client Hanan Abdul-Wahab to the court registry, noting that EOCO seized it after Abdul-Wahab's arrest despite an earlier court order for its return by July 14.
An Accra High Court has struck out an application by the Attorney-General's Department to revoke medical travel permission granted to former National Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab, ruling the application moot because the travel order had already expired. Abdul-Wahab's counsel, former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, criticised the State for arresting him at the airport and detaining him for four days, preventing him from using the court-granted permission.
Lawyers for former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab have petitioned the Attorney-General demanding the return of his passport, mobile phones, and cash totalling £6,700 and GH¢2,750 seized by the Economic and Organised Crime Office after his arrest at Accra International Airport on 4th July 2026.
Legal counsel for former National Food Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab says his client prefers to remain in detention until courts intervene, having lost faith in the Attorney-General's Office, EOCO, and BNI over what is described as unlawful arrest and continued detention. Former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame rejected claims that Abdul-Wahab attempted to withdraw money from a frozen account and disputed the Attorney-General's timeline for filing a travel review application.
The Attorney General has alleged that former National Food Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab presented a court order lifting a freeze on his landed properties as though it also applied to his frozen bank accounts, in an attempt to withdraw funds. Two freezing orders from July 2025 had frozen his bank accounts and those of alleged accomplices, but the AG argues the court ruling he presented related only to landed properties, not the bank accounts.
The Attorney General has asked the Accra High Court to revoke a travel order granted to former Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab, arguing he based his request on an online booking with UK retailer Boots rather than a confirmed medical appointment. Mr Hanan is standing trial on charges of stealing and causing financial loss to the state involving more than GH¢70 million.
Former Attorney-General Godfred Dame, representing arrested former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab, has questioned the circumstances of his client's arrest and detention, claiming he and Abdul-Wahab's wife were denied access to him after his arrest at Kotoka International Airport. Dame also disputed the Deputy Attorney-General's claim that the arrest was linked to an attempt to access funds in a frozen bank account, arguing that no valid freezing order existed because the original order had been withdrawn.
Lawyers for Hanan Abdul-Wahab have announced plans to file contempt proceedings against the Attorney-General, Deputy Attorney-General, and BNI Director, alleging they deliberately breached a High Court order by arranging his arrest at Accra International Airport despite the court having approved his travel to the United Kingdom for a medical appointment from July 4–12.
Godfred Yeboah Dame has accused the Attorney-General and deputy of orchestrating an unlawful arrest of his client, former National Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab, at Accra International Airport despite a High Court order on June 29 granting him permission to travel to the United Kingdom from July 4 to July 12 for an optician appointment.
Godfred Yeboah Dame, counsel for former National Buffer Stock Company boss Hanan Abdul-Wahab, has challenged Deputy Attorney-General Dr Srem Sai to produce evidence that Abdul-Wahab attempted to withdraw money from a frozen bank account, calling the allegation false and used to justify what he describes as an unlawful arrest at the airport despite a High Court travel order.
Former National Food and Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife were re-arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office shortly after being discharged by the High Court in a case involving alleged GH¢78 million loss to the state. Their lawyer, Godfred Yeboah Dame, contended the re-arrest raises constitutional and procedural concerns and alleged the couple was denied access to legal representation.
The Economic and Organised Crime Office re-arrested former NAFCO Chief Executive Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his spouse Faiza Seidu Wuni on 5 May 2026, minutes after the Attorney-General's Department withdrew criminal charges in a case involving an alleged GH¢78 million loss to the state related to the national school feeding programme.