The Minority in Parliament has challenged the government’s account of the incarceration of former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Officer, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, insisting she was not committed to prison custody immediately after her return to Ghana.
According to the Minority, Tamakloe only began serving her 10-year prison sentence on June 24, 2026, despite arriving in the country on June 9 following her extradition.
The claim has sparked a fresh political dispute, with the Minority alleging there was a 15-day delay in enforcing the High Court’s judgment.
Addressing a press conference in Parliament, a member of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, disputed earlier claims by the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, that Tamakloe had been placed in prison custody immediately after her return.
“We can categorically state that until yesterday, June 24, Madam Sedina Tamakloe was not in prison custody. From June 9, when she arrived, to June 24, she was not in prison custody. That is a matter of record,” Awuah said.
The Minority argued that the delay amounted to interference with the execution of a lawful court order.
“By preventing her from serving the prison term for the 15 days that she has been in Ghana, government has interfered with a lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and that is contempt of court. The government will only do that because Madam Sedina Tamakloe is one of its own, and that has been the trend,” he alleged.
Awuah further claimed that assurances had been given to the former MASLOC boss that efforts were underway to overturn her conviction.
“She is in prison custody now. She was admitted yesterday, and she has been given assurances. Another assurance she has been given is that they are going to work around the clock to have the decision overturned,” he alleged.
Tamakloe was convicted in absentia in 2024 on multiple charges, including causing financial loss to the state, conspiracy, and other offences linked to the management of MASLOC funds.
The High Court sentenced her to 10 years’ imprisonment, while former MASLOC Operations Manager Daniel Axim received a five-year jail term.
Following her conviction, Ghanaian authorities initiated extradition proceedings, leading to her return to the country earlier this month to begin serving her sentence.
