Lawyers for former NAFCO Chief Executive Officer, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, have accused the Attorney-General and his deputy of masterminding an “unlawful” arrest of their client at the Accra International Airport, describing the operation as a deliberate violation of a High Court order permitting him to travel.
The legal team has announced plans to institute contempt proceedings against the Attorney-General, the Deputy Attorney-General, and the Director of the BNI over what they describe as a “blatant and wilful violation” of a court order, adding that “freedom, in fact, has become a rare and expensive commodity.”
In a press release issued on Sunday, July 5, 2026, counsel for Aludiba, Godfred Yeboah Dame, said the social media post by the Deputy Attorney-General and Deputy Minister for Justice, Dr Srem-Sai, announcing the arrest of his client was “laden with falsehood” and amounted to a cover-up for the Attorney-General’s role in authorising the violation of a court order.
According to Dame, the Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Achibonga, had granted his client permission to travel to the UK from July 4 to July 12, 2026, for an appointment with his optician. He said the order followed an application filed by his legal team and was made after the judge heard arguments from counsel in the matter, including Dr Srem-Sai himself.
Dame argued that the order was consistent with judicial precedent, noting that other persons standing trial for similar offences, including Dr Stephen Opuni, Seidu Agongo, Alhaji Collins Dauda, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson and Dr Kwabena Duffuor, had regularly been permitted by the courts to travel in and out of the country while their cases were pending, in exercise of their right to freedom of movement and access to medical care.
He dismissed the Deputy Attorney-General’s claim that Aludiba had attempted to use false means to empty a frozen account with Republic Bank, challenging Dr Srem-Sai to produce evidence of any withdrawal from his client’s accounts since the date of the court order.
Dame further contended that no valid court order existed freezing Aludiba’s accounts at the time of the arrest, even though the accounts had been frozen the previous year in connection with an earlier prosecution.
“Our client’s accounts were frozen last year pursuant to investigations which resulted in his earlier arrest and prosecution. On 5th May, 2026, the charges against our client were withdrawn leading to his discharge. This resulted in a lapse of all orders made by the High Court, relating to bail and freezing orders, in respect of his earlier prosecution,” he stated.
Although fresh charges were filed on May 15, Dame said the High Court at Adentan, presided over by Justice Kwame Osei Gyamfi, had ruled on May 20 that Aludiba’s re-arrest “began a fresh process,” a decision he said implied there was no valid freezing order in place.
Describing the Attorney-General’s office as having deployed the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) on the basis of an unsubstantiated allegation, Dame said the development confirmed the firm’s suspicion that the Attorney-General and his deputy were behind a pattern of court order violations and what he called the persistent harassment of his client and other citizens under the current administration.
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