The High Court in Accra has directed the Attorney-General to amend two counts of defrauding by false pretences in the criminal case involving former National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) Chief Executive Officer, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, and his co-accused, Faiza Seidu Wuni.
The court ruled that the particulars accompanying the two charges did not clearly state that the representations allegedly made by the accused persons were false or constituted false pretences.
The affected charges are Count 9 against Faiza Seidu Wuni and Count 14 against Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba.
Justice [Judge’s name, if available], in a ruling delivered on Thursday, July 23, 2026, held that although the charges referred to representations allegedly made by the accused persons, they failed to sufficiently indicate the false nature of those representations.
The court consequently ordered the prosecution to amend the two counts to provide adequate particulars of the alleged false representations.
Count 9 alleges that between September 2018 and August 2019, Faiza Seidu Wuni, proprietor of ALQARNI ENTERPRISE, represented that she had supplied foodstuff to NAFCO, leading the company to pay approximately GH¢3.34 million.
Count 14 similarly alleges that between February 2017 and February 2019, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, proprietor of ALUDIBA ENTERPRISE, represented that the company had supplied foodstuff to NAFCO, resulting in payments of about GH¢5.5 million.
The ruling followed an application filed by Mr Aludiba’s lead counsel, former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, seeking to strike out the charge sheet on grounds that it failed to provide sufficient particulars and violated constitutional and statutory requirements governing criminal charges.
The defence had argued that the charge sheet did not adequately inform the accused persons of the allegations they were expected to answer.
However, the court rejected the broader challenge to the validity of the charge sheet, ruling that, apart from Count 14—and the similar defect identified in Count 9—the accused persons had been given sufficient information about the allegations against them.
The court also dismissed the argument that the prosecution had improperly combined multiple offences in individual counts.
“I have not seen a single count that combines a series of charges. There is nothing wrong with the accused being charged in separate counts in respect of a series of acts,” the judge held.
The court further rejected the defence’s contention that the same transactions could not form the basis of separate charges of stealing and defrauding by false pretences.
According to the court, the prosecution was legally entitled to prefer both offences in separate counts, although an accused person could not ultimately be convicted of both offences on the same facts.
With the charge sheet largely upheld, the court ordered the prosecution to correct the defects in Counts 9 and 14, allowing the remainder of the case to proceed.
The case has been adjourned to July 29, 2026.
Meanwhile, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame has served notice of an appeal against the ruling.
