The Minority in Parliament is pressing the John Mahama government, demanding the full details of the whereabouts of former MASLCO CEO Sedina Tamakloe–Attionu.
According to the Minority, the Mahama government claims that Sedina Attionu-Tamakloe is in prison custody is insufficient.
The Minority demanded details surrounding her return to Ghana and confirmed whether she is currently serving the 10-year prison sentence.
Speaking to journalists on Friday, June 19, the Member of Parliament for Effia, Isaac Boamah-Nyarko, stated, “Government communication on Sedina is a very terse one. We are having an accountable democracy where you expect government to provide full details in terms of where she was received and where she has been sent to, exactly who received her, and then the details as to whether she’s in there to serve the full sentence as we have her convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction”.
“It is not adequate for a government spokesperson to say that she is in prison custody; you can be under the care of prisons and still be in one home or the other. You can be in the hospital and still be under the care of the prison service”, he stated.
The MP added, “We want definitive information from the Minister for Government Communications. Exactly what is the status of Sedina in terms of her arrival in Ghana in prison custody?
If they provide us with the exact details, then Ghanaians would have the opportunity to understand that she’s in to serve the full term of her conviction. If the government had given us all the information, we wouldn’t be in this state of speculation.
If she has indeed been taken there, why is the information not coming from the government? We expect the government to be candid with its people. They should give us full details of her whereabouts.
We expect that the government will come out clearly. We are dissatisfied with the information that has been put out there, and we expect the government ministry to do the needful with regard to that”, he added.
The minority demands follow comments made by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, who said he does not know which Prison the former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is being kept in.
According to Felix Ofosu Kwakye, as a government spokesperson, he does not know where every prisoner in Ghana is.
He disclosed that although the Sedina Tamakloe case is a high-profile case, he does not know where she is being kept.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, however, insisted that the former MASLOC CEO was in the custody of the is in the custody of the lawfully accredited agency.
Speaking on JOY FM Top Story, Felix Ofosu Kwakye stated, “I am a government spokesperson, but I don’t know where every prisoner in Ghana is. Do I? The person who were convicted last week, if you ask me where they are, I don’t know because the Ghana Prison Service make that arrangement.
It is true they are high-profile cases; they are high-profile prisoners. I don’t know where they are. What I am telling you is that she is in the custody of the lawfully accredited agency”.
Also, he dismissed reports suggesting that the former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is under house arrest.
According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu remains in lawful custody under the Ghana Prison Service.
He stated, “She is in the custody of the Ghana Prison Service. They know how to handle people. If somebody needs help there, they know how to take care of her”.
“I can assure you, and let me put it on record, she is not in any house. She is not under any house arrest,” he added.
He further dismissed claims that a government official had told IMANI Africa President Franklin Cudjoe that Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu was under house arrest and challenged him to provide evidence.
“If Franklin Cudjoe tells you that [Sedina is under house arrest], he is not telling you the truth. Let him name the so-called top government official who told him that,” he said.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu further stressed that it is not the government’s responsibility to disclose details of an inmate’s medical condition, adding that such matters fall under the Prison Service.
“I don’t have information on her medical condition. It is not my place to discuss it,” he said.
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