The Attorney General has abandoned an application seeking to set aside a court order that permitted former National Food Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab to travel overseas for medical treatment.
The move came after Abdul-Wahab was arrested while preparing to leave the country, despite having secured judicial approval for the trip. Prosecutors had claimed he attempted to access funds in a frozen bank account and was likely to flee the jurisdiction.
His legal team, led by Godfred Yeboah Dame, rejected the allegations and challenged the prosecution to produce evidence to support its claims, describing the arrest as an infringement on their client’s rights.
Presiding judge Justice Francis Apanga Achibonga noted that the travel permission required Abdul-Wahab to return by July 12, 2026, meaning the order had already expired.
“There was no subsisting order before the court to revoke.”
Following the court’s observation, the prosecution withdrew its application, prompting the judge to strike it out.
Dame maintained that the state acted contrary to the court’s earlier directive, insisting the handling of the matter was unjustified.
