Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Government spokesperson, has disclosed that Ghana’s Attorney-General, Dominic Ayine, will hold discussions with officials of the United States Department of Justice to address all pending extradition requests between the two countries.
According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the high-level bilateral discussions will take place following the successful extradition of former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, to Ghana.
Reports suggest the expected discussion will cover several high-profile cases currently attracting public attention, including Ghana’s request for the extradition of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and the United States request for the extradition of a number of individuals wanted in connection with various criminal investigations, including a suspect identified as Abu Trica.
In a Facebook post, Felix Kwaky Ofosu stated, “In April, 2024, the High Court convicted and sentenced SEDINA TAMAKLOE-ATTIONU in absentia. In July 2024, the Government of Ghana submitted an extradition request to the United States for her surrender to Ghana to serve her sentence.
After over two years of court proceedings, the United States authorities notified the Government of her surrender in January this year. She arrived in Accra on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.
Officials of the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Prisons Service have taken her into custody and are making the necessary preparations for her to begin her sentence.
Meanwhile, the Attorney-General is scheduled to meet his counterparts at the United States Department of Justice for a bilateral discussion on all pending extradition requests between the two countries”.
In related news, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a Legal practitioner and activist, has alleged that the United States government is using Ghana’s former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, as a bargaining chip against the NDC government.
According to Oliver Barker-Vormawor, if the United States wanted to return Ken Ofori-Atta, they would have bundled him on a flight to Ghana when they cancelled his visa.
He argued that hundreds of West African nations have been sent to Ghana despite Court orders saying they can’t, but the US wants to use Ken Ofori-Atta as leverage against the Government.
In a post shared on X, Oliver Barker-Vormawor wrote, “If the Americans wanted to return Ken Ofori-Atta, the moment they cancelled his visa, they would have bundled him on a flight to Ghana.
100s of West African nations have been sent to Ghana despite Court orders saying they can’t. Some were just bundled despite ongoing court cases and sent to Ghana. We allowed them to do this.
So for me, this is a case of if they wanted, they would.
My suspicion is that they will continue to hold on to him as leverage against the Government, so that the more political pressure mounts on the NDC for failing to bring him, the more they can use him as a bargaining chip to get even more from us.
But two can play that game! ‘Eneke the bird says that since men have learned to shoot without missing, he has learned to fly without perching’.
They need to cast their mind back to what the PNDC did to them on the Soussoudis-Sharon Scranage affair.
Someone tag Mahama and his Ministers for me.
Shalom!”
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