FULL RULING: Why the Court of Appeal unanimously stayed Hanan's trial

The Court of Appeal on the 19th day of October, 2026 in the case of HANAN ALUDIBA v. THE REPUBLIC [TLP-CA-2026-54] stayed proceedings in the case of Republic v Hanan Abdul Wahab (CR/0530/2026).

The Court was constituted by their Lordships, Jerome Noble-Nkrumah, Lydia Osei and George Boadi, JJA. The decision of the Court was unanimous. The Court formed the view that "A challenge therefore to the content of a charge sheet ought to then be dealt with as early as practicable else we risk the collapse of the action built on it. We find matter raised by the Applicant this morning exceptional to warrant a grant of the application."

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The decision of the Court of Appeal has been challenged by the Republic. The challenge of the ruling by the State was announced by the Deputy Attorney-General on his facebook page as below:

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FULL RULING: Why the Court of Appeal unanimously stayed Hanan's trial

Having carefully listened to the augments [sic] of counsel to this matter, we take the position that, a charge sheet being the fundamental document to a criminal trial carries the super structure of the trial, conviction or otherwise and sentence.

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