The Accra High Court has scheduled Friday, July 10, to hear a habeas corpus application challenging the continued detention of former National Food Buffer Stock Company Chief Executive Officer, Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba.

The application was filed at the specialised division of the High Court and seeks an order compelling the Director of the Bureau of National Intelligence and the Attorney-General to produce Aludiba before the court and explain the legal grounds for his detention.

Aludiba was arrested by armed operatives at the Accra International Airport on Saturday, July 4, 2026, as he was preparing to travel abroad for medical treatment under a court-approved arrangement.

Speaking on Eyewitness News on Monday, July 6, his lawyer, Godfred Yeboah Dame, confirmed that the court had fixed the matter for hearing on Friday following the filing of the application. However, he argued that the date was too distant given the nature of the case.

According to Dame, the defence intends to apply for an earlier hearing, maintaining that his client's continued detention without access to legal representation raises significant human rights concerns.

“I think Friday is a little bit too far, so we'll seek an abridgement of that date,” he said.

Dame also questioned the legal basis for his client's arrest and detention, pointing to the fact that Aludiba had neither been charged before a court nor been the subject of any formal application seeking to justify his continued detention.

He argued that this indicated there were no lawful grounds for preventing his client from undertaking the court-approved 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 an execution of the order, was clearly an effort to prevent the court order from being carried out,” he added.