Ex-NAFCO boss and wife hit with 20 criminal charges, GH¢50.8m, rent fraud and money laundering allegations fly.
The High Court of Ghana has received new documents, in which 20 criminal charges have been brought against the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, relating to alleged financial misconduct involving millions of Ghana cedis. On May 15 2026, the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice filed charges of stealing, defrauding by false pretences, wilfully causing financial loss to the state, abuse of public office, dishonestly receiving and money laundering. The defence has disputed claims by the prosecution that Mr Aludiba received GH¢734,400 as rent payments from NAFCO in 2017 through a private entity and another GH¢50.8 million through a private entity and helped facilitate the transfer of over GH¢3.34 million to a company linked to his wife. The state also alleges that Mrs Wuni knowingly received and laundered money from these transactions. The case follows their re-arrest by the Economic and Organised Crime Office after an earlier discharge by the court, while defence counsel has complained of rights violations and prosecutorial misconduct on the part of investigators. The issue is due to be heard again in court in the next few days.
