Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine says Sedina Tamakloe Attionu will soon be brought back to Ghana
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, has disclosed that his office is working with the United States government to get former Chief Executive Officer of MASLOC Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, back into the country to serve her jail term.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, Dr Ayine indicated that the processes to extradite her are far advanced, adding that the United States government is now crossing all the t’s before releasing Tamakloe to Ghana.
He made these remarks while refuting assertions that the John Dramani Mahama government has done nothing to get the former MASLOC boss into the country.
“The Office of the Attorney General is awaiting the execution of our request to have her extradited to serve her prison sentence in Ghana. The International Cooperation Unit of the Attorney General’s Department followed up on our request with the Department of Justice of the United States of America in September 2025.
“So if there is any impression being created that I am not taking any steps, this is the evidence that in September, that is just a month ago, I took the step of inquiring from the United States Justice Department about the steps that they were taking in respect of the extradition.”
He added, “They indicated that they are following their extradition procedures in executing the request and that the fugitive will be extradited as soon as they have satisfied all the procedures. Thank you, Mr Speaker.”
Former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe sentenced to 10 years in jail for causing financial loss
A High Court in Accra sentenced a former Chief Executive Officer of MASLOC (Microfinance and Small Loans Centre) to 10 years in prison with hard labour for causing financial loss of GH¢90 million to the state in April 2024.
Daniel Axim, who is also a former Chief Operating Officer of MASLOC, was sentenced to five years in prison with hard labour.
The two 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 contravention of public procurement law.
The case first began in 2019; however, during the course of the trial, Sedina Tamakloe travelled to the United States to seek medical attention.
She was tried in absentia after failing to return to Ghana.
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