Former Chief Executive of the National Food and Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Abdul-Wahab Hanan, has filed a motion at the High Court seeking to overturn a freezing order placed on four properties linked to him.
According to Hanan, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) acted in error and wrongfully included assets in the order that he either acquired before his NAFCO appointment or does not own at all.
In his affidavit, Hanan listed the affected properties named in the October 21, 2025 order: a three-bedroom house at Kpalsi, Tamale; an uncompleted storey building at Gumani, Tamale; a 0.27-acre plot at Estate Junction, Tamale; and a 0.29-acre plot at Workers College, Tamale.
Hanan insists that EOCO obtained the freezing order ex parte, without giving him the opportunity to be heard, and failed to meet legal requirements under sections 33–35 of the Economic and Organised Crime Act, 2010 (Act 804). He claims that the three-bedroom house at Kpalsi was acquired in 2011 and completed in 2013, well before he joined NAFCO, and even served as a venue for his Islamic marriage ceremony, making it unrelated to any alleged wrongdoing.
He further argues that EOCO wrongly attributed ownership of two properties to him: the uncompleted building at Gumani and the 0.27-acre plot at Estate Junction, which he says belongs to Al-Qarni Enterprise and was transferred to OSGAF Furniture Enterprise in 2022, prior to EOCO’s investigations.
Hanan also alleges procedural violations, stating that after his arrest on June 25, 2025, EOCO detained him for two weeks and searched his homes in Accra and Tamale without a warrant, violating his right to privacy. He says he was only informed of the freezing order on November 26, 2025, when he reported to EOCO as part of his bail conditions, despite the law requiring prompt notice.
Maintaining his innocence, Hanan contends that EOCO has not demonstrated that the properties are tainted or linked to criminal proceeds. He argues that the freezing order infringes his constitutional rights to property, privacy, fair hearing, and the presumption of innocence.
The High Court is set to hear Hanan’s motion to review the freezing order on December 18, 2025.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
