Govt shielding Sedina Tamakloe from prison custody — Minority alleges

The Minority Caucus in Parliament is accusing the ruling government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of shielding former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu from being held accountable for corruption charges.

The Caucus queried why the accused, then outside of the country (Ghana) spent 15 days in Ghana without prison confinement after extradition.

Addressing the Parliamentary Press Corps at Parliament House, in Accra, on Thursday, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, the NPP MP for Manhyia South, alleged that Madam Tamakloe-Attionu was only admitted into a medium-security female prison on June 24, 2026, despite her 10-year sentence for corruption.

He accused the ruling NDC government of shielding a convicted party member, undermining Ghana's fight against corruption.

Nana Baffour Awuah said Madam Tamakloe-Attionu had arrived on 9^th June 2026 and until the 24^th of June 2026, “she was not in prison custody”

“That is a matter of record,” Nana Baffour Awuah stated.

The Minority insisted that the delay constituted interference with a lawful court order and amounted to contempt of court.

The Caucus further alleged that Madam Tamakloe-Attionu was given assurances by government officials that efforts would be made to overturn her conviction or secure her release once public pressure subsides.

Nana Baffour Awuah cautioned the government against protecting party members facing corruption charges, stressing that Ghanaians are “tired of the way corruption is handled” and demanding transparency in the enforcement of court rulings.

Madam Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu served as the CEO of MASLOC between 2013 and 2016 under the NDC administration.

She was charged with 78 counts including causing financial loss to the state, stealing, conspiracy to steal, money laundering, and procurement breaches.

In April 2024, she was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour.

However, she travelled to the United States during the trial. Following Ghana's extradition request, she was arrested in Nevada in January 2026 and returned to Ghana on June 9, 2026.

Her case has since become a flashpoint in Ghana's political discourse, with critics accusing successive governments of selective justice in corruption-related prosecutions.

GNA