Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has defended former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu over a contract involving the supply of buses during her tenure.
According to Martin Kpebu, one of the charges that led to Tamakloe-Attionu’s conviction was linked to alleged financial misappropriation involving a MASLOC bus contract.
He argued that the agreement had been renegotiated by then-Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, approved by the state, but was not revisited until Tamakloe-Attionu assumed office.
Kpebu argued that Ofori-Atta should bear responsibility for the deal, insisting that the former MASLOC boss should not be held solely accountable.
Speaking on Key Points on TV3 on August 1, 2026, Kpebu stated, “Ofori-Atta renegotiated the contract to supply the buses. If you knew the contract was such a terrible deal that you could renegotiate, but you chose not to renegotiate. After renegotiating, how do you saddle Sedina with the consequences? I don’t understand why you would want to hold Sedina accountable”.
Also, Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has said the convicted former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, is at the Nsawam Prison over payments authorised and made by Ken Ofori-Atta.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana, Edudzi Tamakloe defended Sedina Tamakloe Attionu following the Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn her 10-year jail sentence, arguing that Stephen Amoah, popularly known as Sticka, renegotiated the contracts during his tenure.
According to Edudzi Tamakloe, the payments in question were made based on those renegotiated contracts.
He claimed that Sedina Tamakloe’s conviction was the result of a wrongful prosecution orchestrated by the NPP to create the impression that it was serious about fighting corruption.
Edudzi Tamakloe stated, “If you look at Sticka’s testimony under cross-examination, he admitted that when he took over as Chief Executive Officer of MASLOC, he renegotiated the contracts. On the basis of those renegotiated contracts, payments were made. Meanwhile, Sedina was convicted for causing financial loss to the state.
“I know that as a political party, the NPP wanted to show that it was serious about fighting corruption. Curiously, it was under the NPP administration that the full value for the buses was paid. Sticka, who was the first prosecution witness, admitted this in court. So what was the basis for the conviction?” he questioned.
“That is what most of these NPP people don’t even know that the payment was authorised by Mr Ken Ofori-Atta through a warrant. So, as we speak, Sedina is in Nsawam Prison over payments that were authorised and made by Mr Ofori-Atta,” he added.
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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