Also known as: Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu · Ms Tamakloe-Attionu · Tamakloe-Attionu · Madam Tamakloe-Attionu · former MASLOC boss · Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu · Madam Sedina · Sedinam Ationu · former MASLOC Chief Executive · Madam Sedina Tamakloe · Ms. Tamakloe-Attionu · Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attinou · Madam Attionu · Madam Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu · Sedina Tamakloe–Attionu · Tamakloe–Attionu · Ms. Tamakloe Attionu · Ms Tamakloe
Former MASLOC CEO convicted on corruption charges and extradited from the US to serve a 10-year prison sentence in Ghana as of June 2026.
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Joy Online
Newsfile discussed some issues currently dominating public discourse, including the plea bargain involving Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), developments surrounding former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe, the impasse at Afari Military Hospital, and recent assessments of Pres …
Playback: Newsfile discussed Wontumi’s plea deal, Sedina Tamakloe’s woes, Afari Hospital standoff, Mahama ratingJoy Online
Political activist and physician Arthur Kobina Kennedy has warned that any decision to grant bail pending appeal or a presidential pardon to former MASLOC Chief Executive Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu could reinforce public perceptions that influential individuals receive preferential …
Bail or presidential pardon for Sedina would deepen perceptions of unequal justice — Dr KennedyJoy Online
… Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, June 13, Mr Baidoo made the remarks in response to the extradition and conviction of former Chief Executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, who was recently returned to Ghana from the United …
Mahama has never considered pardon for convicted officials – Akwatia MPJoy Online
Political activist and physician, Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy, has insisted that former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, should serve her prison sentence. …
Sedina should face jail term; extradition unlikely if health is jeopardised — Dr Arthur KennedyJoy Online
The Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES), James Kwabena Bomfeh has argued that the focus in the case involving former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe should not be limited to sentencing, but also on recovering any state f …
State must prioritise recovery of funds beyond sentencing in Sedina Tamakloe case – BomfehJoy Online
… The panel is also expected to analyse the extradition and imprisonment of the former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, and discuss the legal, political and governance implications of the development. …
This Saturday on Prime Insight: Wontumi plea deal, Sedina extradition and Mahama ratingsJoy Online
Newsfile will discuss some issues currently dominating public discourse, including the plea bargain involving Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), developments surrounding former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe, the impasse at Afari Military Hospital, and recent assessments of P …
Livestream: Newsfile discusses Wontumi’s plea deal, Sedina Tamakloe’s woes, Afari Hospital standoff, Mahama ratingJoy Online
The extradition of Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, the former head of Ghana’s state-backed microfinance program, transforms a prolonged case of political evasion into a landmark enforcement of cross-border justice. …
US extradition of convicted former MASLOC chief hands Ghana a historic cross-border justice winJoy Online
The National Coordinator of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has rejected suggestions that President John Mahama could use his office to secure a pardon for former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu following her extraditio …
Mahama won’t shield Sedina Tamakloe from justice – VanderpuyeDaily Guide
Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu Details have emerged about an appeal filed by former Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu, challenging her conviction and 10-year jail term imposed by a High Court for causing …
Ex-MASLOC Boss Landed In Wheelchair, Appeals ConvictionNPP National Organizer Henry Nana Boakye has accused the NDC of orchestrating events to secure the freedom of former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu following the Court of Appeal's acquittal and discharge of her, saying the appellate court found the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
3 hours ago · Joy Online →
NPP National Organizer Henry Nana Boakye has accused the NDC of orchestrating events to secure the freedom of former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu following the Court of Appeal's acquittal and discharge of her, saying the appellate court found the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
3 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Court of Appeal has unanimously acquitted and discharged Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, overturning her High Court conviction and 10-year custodial sentence. The appellate court found the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
3 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Court of Appeal has unanimously set aside the April 2024 conviction and 10-year sentence of former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe, ruling that the charge sheet violated her constitutional right to be informed in detail of the offences. Her lawyer Enoch Deegbe said the defective charges and insufficient particulars of offence secured the acquittal, though the source notes Tamakloe remains in prison custody pending notification of the decision.
3 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Court of Appeal has unanimously overturned the conviction and 10-year custodial sentence imposed on Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, acquitting and discharging her of all charges related to accusations of misappropriating public funds.
4 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Court of Appeal has acquitted and discharged former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, overturning her High Court conviction and 10-year prison sentence. The appellate court ruled that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
5 hours ago · Joy Online →
The Court of Appeal is expected to deliver judgment on an appeal by former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu challenging her 10-year prison sentence and 2024 conviction for offences including causing financial loss to the state and stealing. Her legal team contests the defectiveness of the charges and the propriety of her trial in absentia after she failed to return from the United States to face prosecution.
5 hours ago · Joy Online →
Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, the incarcerated former chief executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), began her prison sentence at Nsawam Medium Security Female Prison on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. She was handed to the BNI upon arrival at Accra International Airport, then transferred to the Ghana Prisons Service after spending approximately four to five days at the Police Hospital.
27 June 2026 · Joy Online →
According to journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni, former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is serving her 10-year sentence at Nsawam Medium Security Prison after receiving treatment at the Police Hospital for a pre-existing medical condition identified before her extradition from the United States.
26 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Minority in Parliament has challenged the government's account of when former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe Attionu was committed to prison custody after her extradition, stating she only began serving her 10-year sentence on June 24, not immediately upon her arrival on June 9, and alleging a 15-day delay in enforcing the court's judgment.
25 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Interior Minister Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka confirmed that Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, former Chief Executive Officer of MASLOC, is in state custody serving her prison sentence. The minister said the specific prison location is not disclosed for security reasons, and the public can request visits through the Prisons Service.
25 June 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Anti-corruption campaigner Edem Senanu has accused political actors of turning the controversy over former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe–Attionu's whereabouts into a political contest, urging transparency and accountability instead. The debate over whether Tamakloe–Attionu is serving her prison sentence has dragged on amid the Minority's continued questioning of the government's account, despite Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak's assurances that she is in custody.
24 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Member of Parliament for Manhyia South Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah has called for the government to produce documentary evidence confirming that former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe–Attionu is serving her sentence in prison custody, arguing that no publicly available records have been presented despite the Interior Minister's assertions that she is under Ghana Prisons Service custody.
24 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak has dismissed claims that former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is being held in a private residence or receiving preferential treatment, stating she remains in state custody under Ghana Prisons Service supervision. The minister declined to disclose her specific prison facility, citing safety concerns for high-profile inmates.
24 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Minority in Parliament is calling on the government to reveal the specific prison facility where Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, former CEO of MASLOC, is being held following her extradition to Ghana. The Effia MP argues the government's disclosure has been inadequate and inconsistent with transparency principles, and the public deserves full details about her arrival, transfer, and whether she has begun serving her court-imposed sentence.
19 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Office of the Special Prosecutor has responded to suggestions that former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta be tried in absentia, explaining that such a proceeding can only follow after formal charges, notification, and the accused's refusal to appear. The OSP outlined that due notification requires formal personal service through official legal channels, not phone calls or social media.
19 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications has dismissed claims that Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is under house arrest, stating she remains in lawful custody under the Ghana Prison Service. He challenged claims from IMANI Africa that a government official had said otherwise, and declined to comment on her medical condition, saying such matters fall under the Prison Service's mandate.
17 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Franklin Cudjoe of IMANI Africa has called on authorities to provide transparency about the whereabouts and legal status of former MASLOC Chief Executive Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu following her reported extradition to Ghana, noting that while the public does not demand to see her, government should clarify where she is being held and what legal processes are underway.
17 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The MP for Manhyia South says NPP members on Parliament's Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee plan to independently verify whether former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is in prison, citing government's lack of public disclosure as fuelling public suspicion about transparency in her imprisonment.
16 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu, former chief executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, returned to Ghana on June 9 to serve a ten-year sentence, marking the first extradition from the United States to Ghana since 2009.
16 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The NPP has accused the government of deliberately weakening institutions protecting the rule of law and pursuing selective justice, citing the treatment of convicted MASLOC Chief Executive Sedina Tamakloe and the termination of high-profile corruption prosecutions including UniBank and the Saglemi case.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
JoyNews's Newsfile programme examined several current issues including Bernard Antwi-Boasiako's plea bargain, former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe's legal troubles, an impasse at Afari Military Hospital, and assessments of President Mahama's administration, with discussion of their legal, political and governance implications.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Dr Arthur Kobina Kennedy has warned that granting bail pending appeal or a presidential pardon to former MASLOC Chief Executive Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu would deepen public perceptions that influential individuals receive preferential treatment under Ghana's justice system. He argues that while the President has constitutional authority to grant clemency, such a move would reinforce the public's belief that special rules apply to powerful people.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Akwatia MP has stated that President John Mahama has not considered granting a presidential pardon to any public official convicted of corruption-related offences, with accountability remaining central to his stance on public office. This follows the extradition and conviction of former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu from the United States on more than 70 corruption-related charges, including embezzlement of over US$6 million in public funds.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Political activist Dr Arthur Kennedy has insisted that former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu should serve her prison sentence following her extradition and conviction on more than 70 corruption-related charges. He argued that actual incarceration is the only meaningful measure of punishment and suggested extradition would only proceed if her health would not be jeopardised.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
James Kwabena Bomfeh, CEO of CenCES, has argued that efforts in the case involving former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe should focus not only on sentencing but also on recovering state funds allegedly lost through wrongdoing, stating that punishment alone is insufficient if the state cannot recover the money involved.
13 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Joy Prime's Saturday current affairs programme will feature panel discussions on Chairman Wontumi's plea bargain negotiations and his lawyer's withdrawal from court, the extradition and imprisonment of former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, and President Mahama's latest approval ratings from the Institute of Economic Affairs.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Newsfile's four-hour current affairs programme on Saturday, June 13, 2026, will focus on Bernard Antwi-Boasiako's plea bargain, Sedina Tamakloe's legal troubles, the Afari Military Hospital impasse, and assessments of President John Mahama's administration, with a panel discussing legal, political and governance implications.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, former CEO of Ghana's Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), has been extradited from the United States and arrived at Accra International Airport on June 9, 2026. She was taken into custody by Ghana Police Service and Ghana Prisons Service to begin serving her sentence after a multi-year absence.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Coordinator of DRIP said President Mahama is committed to the rule of law and would not use his office to secure a pardon or interfere in judicial processes for the former MASLOC CEO, who was extradited to serve a 10-year prison sentence for causing financial loss to the state and theft.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Former MASLOC Chief Executive Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu, convicted of theft, conspiracy to steal, and causing financial loss to the state and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, has filed an appeal arguing her conviction is unreasonable. She reportedly returned to Ghana on June 9, 2026 following extradition from the United States, arriving in a wheelchair.
11 June 2026 · Daily Guide →