By Iddi Yire, GNA
Accra, June 09, GNA – Officials of the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Prisons Service have taken Madam Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, a former Chief Executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) into custody and are making the necessary preparations for her to begin her 10 year prison sentence.
This follows her arrival of the country after her extradition by the United States authorities.
A statement issued by Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Presidential Spokesman and Minister of State in-charge of Government Communications, recalled that in April, 2024, the High Court convicted and sentenced Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu in absentia for corruption related charges.
He said in July 2024, the Government of Ghana submitted an extradition request to the United States for her surrender to Ghana to serve her sentence.
“After over two years of court proceedings, the United States authorities notified the Government of her surrender in January this year. She arrived in Accra on Tuesday, June 9, 2026,” the Minister said.
He noted that meanwhile, the Attorney-General was scheduled to meet his counterparts at the United States Department of Justice for a bilateral discussion on all pending extradition requests between the two countries.
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GNA
Edited by Beatrice Asamani Savage