Dr Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, has filed an urgent application at the Court of Appeal seeking a stay of execution of the judgment that acquitted and discharged former MASLOC CEO, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu.
On Thursday, July 30, the Attorney-General’s application was filed after the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned Attionu’s conviction and 10-year prison sentence.
Dr Dominic Ayine is asking the Court of Appeal to suspend the effect of its judgment until the Supreme Court determines the state’s appeal.
The AG motion, filed by Principal State Attorney Hilda W. Craig on behalf of the Attorney-General, is supported by an affidavit sworn by Assistant State Attorney Andrew Owusu-Agyemang.
The Attorney-General in the affidavit states that the Court of Appeal’s judgment resulted in a substantial miscarriage of justice because of what he describes as material errors of law and fact on the face of the record.
The affidavit further discloses that the Republic has already filed a notice of appeal at the Supreme Court.
According to the Attorney-General, failing to grant a stay of execution could render the intended appeal ineffective if the acquittal remains in force.
They then ask the Court of Appeal to suspend the operation of its July 30 judgment pending the final determination of the appeal by the Supreme Court.
Also, court documents show that notice of the application has been directed to the Registrar of the Court of Appeal and Attionu at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison and the Director of the Ghana Prisons Service at Nsawam.
Earlier, the Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, has announced its decision to appeal the Court of Appeal’s ruling acquitting and discharging former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu.
The Attorney-General’s office, in a letter dated Thursday, July 30, 2026, and shared by the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, disclosed that the Attorney-General has directed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to immediately file a notice of appeal at the Supreme Court.
Parts of the AG letter read, “The attention of the Attorney-General has been drawn to the decision of the Court of Appeal acquitting the former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Attionu Tamakloe, of all the charges brought against her.
Having received notice of the Court of Appeal’s decision, the Attorney-General has directed the Director of Public Prosecutions to immediately file a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, together with an application for a stay of execution of the judgment pending the determination of the appeal.
The Attorney-General remains committed to the due process of law and is confident that the appeal before the Supreme Court will succeed”.
The development follows, the Court of Appeal decision overturning Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s earlier conviction.
On Thursday, July 31, 2026, the Court of Appeal delivered its ruling stating that the prosecution had not established the allegations against Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu to the required standard of proof.
Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s acquittal and discharge means she is no longer liable for the convictions arising from the case.
It will be recalled that Sedina Tamakloe Attionu was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a High Court in Accra.
The former MASLOC CEO was sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour for causing financial loss of GH¢90 million to the state in April 2024.
In 2019, the case began; however, during the course of the trial, Sedina Tamakloe travelled to the United States to seek medical attention.
Sedina Tamakloe was tried in absentia after failing to return to Ghana.
A former Chief Operating Officer of MASLOC, Daniel Axim, was also sentenced to five years in prison with hard labour.
Sedina Tamakloe and Daniel Axim were found guilty on 78 counts of causing financial loss to the state, stealing, conspiracy to steal, money laundering, and causing loss to public property in violation of public procurement law.
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