Former CEO of the National Food Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul-Wahab, has written directly to Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine.
In the petition, he accuses the AG’s office and security agencies of ongoing intimidation, wrongful detention and ill-treatment since his prosecution started. The petition, dated July 17, 2026, came after Abdul-Wahab said his lawyers’ July 9 letter to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) over alleged rights abuses and the unlawful seizure of his cash received no response.
In the firm letter, he insisted he was not guilty and is ready to face any fair court process to prove it. He said he still trusted the courts, but alleged the AG’s office, EOCO and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) have deliberately denied him due process.
According to him, the court struck out all charges on May 5, 2026 — about seven months into the trial — after his lawyers successfully challenged procedural flaws in the prosecution’s case.
He claimed that right after his discharge, EOCO officials with armed, masked operatives stormed the court and picked him up again, even though he had cooperated fully throughout proceedings.
Abdul-Wahab further stated that after this second arrest, his lawyers were blocked from seeing him at EOCO. He was also rushed to hospital for treatment without his family or lawyers being notified, even though they were waiting there.
He said he was freed around 9pm on May 6, 2026 without any questioning and was only interrogated by EOCO the next day. Eleven days later, he was brought before the Specialised Court under Justice Francis A. Achibonga.
On June 29, 2026, the High Court granted him permission to travel to the UK for a medical appointment, convinced he would return for trial.
He was to depart by July 4 and be back by July 12. The petition said while checking in for his flight at Kotoka International Airport on July 4, after passing immigration and security, he was detained by armed BNI officers.
He described this as a direct breach of the court order allowing his travel. Abdul-Wahab alleged he was then kept for four days without charge — first by BNI, then EOCO. During that period, he said the Deputy Attorney-General, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, posted on social media that he had tried to access money in a frozen account.
He rejected the claim, adding that no proof has been provided on which account, how much, or how it was supposedly done. He also said EOCO set a new bail condition of GHc5 million with two sureties after moving him from BNI custody, calling it excessive and meant to keep him detained.
He added that he was denied access to his lawyers for most of the four days. The petition further alleged that EOCO was still holding some of his property after his release. These include £6,700 borrowed for travel and medical costs, two mobile phones, and his passport, which should have been lodged with the court registrar.
He claimed his phones were searched without court approval on July 6 and July 7 while in BNI and EOCO custody. Calling it a “catch and release” approach, Abdul-Wahab said he has been arrested and freed four times since the case began and wondered if the actions against him were driven by personal vendetta instead of legitimate prosecution.
In his requests to the Attorney-General, he is asking for officials to stop making prejudicial public statements, for all future steps to follow the law and constitutional rights and for EOCO and BNI to end what he calls harassment of him and his family. He is also demanding the immediate return of his passport, phones, borrowed money and other items in EOCO’s possession. A copy of the petition was sent to the Chief Justice at the Judicial Service in Accra.
