The Minority in Parliament has punched holes in the Mahama government’s account of the incarceration of the former CEO of MASLOC, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu.
According to the NPP minority, Sedina Tamakloe was not sent to prison custody immediately upon her return to Ghana following her extradition.
They disclosed that Sedina Tamakloe only began serving her prison sentence on June 24, 2026.
Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, a member of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, addressing a press conference in Parliament, argued that preventing a convicted person from immediately commencing a prison sentence raises serious legal and constitutional questions.
Speaking to the press, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah stated, “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”.
“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 Madame Sedina Tamakloe is one of its own, and that has been the trend,” he stated.
Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah further alleged that Sedina Tamakloe has been given an assurance by the NDC government that they will challenge or 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,” Mr Awuah alleged.
Meanwhile, an award-winning Ghanaian journalist and anti-corruption campaigner, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has revealed that the former CEO of MASLOC, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, is currently serving her prison sentence at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison.
Manasseh Azure disclosed that Sedina Tamakloe spent several days receiving medical treatment at the Police Hospital in Accra and was later taken to the Nsawam Prison.
In a news article published on Pledge Against Corruption (PAC), Manasseh Azure Awuni wrote, “The incarcerated former chief executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, spent some days at the Police Hospital in Accra before being taken to the Nsawam Medium Security Prison to begin her prison sentence, sources familiar with her case have confirmed to pacgh.org.
According to sources who want to remain anonymous, she was first handed over to the BNI upon her arrival at the Accra International Airport, which later handed her over to the Ghana Prisons Service.
She reportedly arrived with a medical condition, which the U.S. authorities communicated to their Ghanaian counterparts before handing her over.
The sources say she was taken to the police hospital, where she was admitted and treated for days. (We are unable to confirm how many days she spent at the Police Hospital.)
The Police Hospital later certified her fit to begin her sentence. She was then given medication and taken to Nsawam to begin her 10-year sentence.
Sedina Tamakloe Attionu’s whereabouts have become a matter of public controversy. Many have openly questioned whether she was actually in prison, and pressure has mounted on the government to account for her.
Our sources reveal that she is in the female section of Nsawam Medium Security Prison. External access to her is tightly controlled, with only a handful of family members permitted to visit.
Prior to being taken to Nsawam to begin her sentence, our sources said she was at all times in the hands of the prison authorities and was not allowed to visit any private facility”.
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