High Court to hear Habeas Corpus application over detention of former Buffer Stock CEO
The Accra High Court has set Friday, July 10, 2026, to hear a habeas corpus application challenging the continued detention of former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba.
The application, filed before the specialised division of the High Court, is seeking an order directing the Director of the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI) and the Attorney-General to produce Aludiba before the court and justify the legal basis for his continued detention.
Aludiba was arrested by armed security operatives at the Accra International Airport on Saturday, July 4, while preparing to travel abroad for medical treatment under an arrangement that had been approved by the court.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Monday, July 6, his lawyer, Godfred Yeboah Dame, confirmed that the court had scheduled the hearing for Friday but argued that the date was too far away given the urgency of the matter.
According to him, the legal team intends to apply for an earlier hearing, maintaining that Aludiba's continued detention without access to legal representation raises serious constitutional and human rights concerns.
“I think Friday is a little bit too far, so we'll seek an abridgement of that date,” Dame said.
The former Attorney-General also questioned the legality of his client's arrest, noting that Aludiba had neither been formally charged before a court nor was there any application seeking authority for his continued detention.
He argued that the absence of any criminal charge or legal process suggested there were no lawful grounds for preventing his client from embarking on the court-approved medical trip.
“The failure to charge him in court today, the failure to file any application whatsoever, shows that clearly, they actually had no basis at all for stopping him from travelling. And the allegation that was made by the Deputy Attorney-General, while that context was clearly an effort to prevent execution of the order, was clearly an effort to prevent the court order from being carried out,” Dame said.