Former National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) Chief Executive Officer, Hanan Abdul-Wahab, and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, are facing 20 fresh criminal charges over alleged financial misconduct involving millions of Ghana cedis.
The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice filed the charges at the High Court in Accra on Friday, May 15, 2026. The couple has been accused of various offences including stealing, defrauding by false pretences, abuse of public office for profit, and money laundering.
The latest charges relate to alleged irregularities that occurred during Mr Abdul-Wahab’s tenure as head of the state food buffer stock agency.
Prosecutors claim that in 2017, Mr Abdul-Wahab fraudulently obtained GH¢734,400 from NAFCO under the pretext of rent payments for a two-year period covering May 2017 to May 2019.
Additionally, between September 2018 and August 2019, over GH¢3.34 million was allegedly diverted to Alqarni Enterprise, a company reportedly owned by his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, for purported food supply contracts.
Investigators say the contracts were fraudulent and lacked proper justification, describing them as part of a scheme to siphon public funds for personal benefit.
The accused persons are also alleged to have engaged in acts to conceal the origins of the funds, resulting in the money laundering charges.
The development comes shortly after the couple was re-arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), following their earlier discharge by the High Court in a previous case.
The matter is expected to be mentioned at the High Court soon as the prosecution pushes the new case forward.