Court rejects ex-NAFCO CEO's wife's request to travel abroad with son for medical treatment

The High Court in Accra has dismissed an application by Faiza Seidu Wuni, the second accused person in the ongoing trial involving former National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, seeking permission to travel outside the jurisdiction with her seven-year-old son for medical treatment.

Child's welfare Moving the application, counsel for the second accused, Augustine Obuor, prayed the court to release his client's passport and grant her leave to travel outside Ghana with her seven-year-old son to seek medical attention during the court's vacation.

Mr Obuor told the court that the child required further medical assessment and treatment abroad and that his client intended to use the month of August, when the court would be on vacation, to complete the child's medical needs.