Attorney-General Withdraws Application: Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu Set for Release After Court of Appeal Ruling

In a significant development on Wednesday, 12 August 2026, the Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice withdrew its application at the Court of Appeal seeking to prevent the immediate release of former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Officer, Sedina Christine Tamakloe-Attionu.

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The withdrawal clears the way for her release from prison custody after the Court of Appeal earlier acquitted and discharged her.

A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, presided over by Justice Sophia Rosetta Benasko Essah, struck out the Attorney-General’s application as withdrawn. Principal State Attorney Hilda Craig informed the court that the Republic had filed a notice of withdrawal on 10 August 2026. Counsel for Mrs Tamakloe-Attionu, Sidney Antonio, did not oppose the withdrawal.

Following the decision, a release warrant was signed for the former MASLOC boss.

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Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu served as Chief Executive Officer of MASLOC between 2013 and 2017. In 2019, she was charged with 78 counts, including stealing, causing financial loss to the state, money laundering, and breaches of the Public Procurement Act.

She was granted permission by the High Court in 2021 to travel to the United States for medical treatment but did not return. In April 2024, the High Court convicted her in absentia and sentenced her to 10 years’ imprisonment.

Ghana successfully extradited her from the United States. She arrived in Accra on 9 June 2026 and began serving her sentence at the Nsawam Medium Security Female Prison later that month.

On 30 July 2026, a different three-member panel of the Court of Appeal (Justices Emmanuel Ankamah, Samuel Obeng-Diawuo and Emmanuel Senyo Amedahe) unanimously overturned her conviction. The court held that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt and that the trial judge had improperly shifted the burden of proof onto the accused, contrary to the constitutional presumption of innocence.

Immediately after the acquittal, the Attorney-General filed a notice of appeal at the Supreme Court and also filed an application at the Court of Appeal seeking a stay of execution of the acquittal judgment. The State argued that allowing her immediate release could make it difficult to enforce any future successful appeal.

That stay application has now been withdrawn at the Court of Appeal. Reports indicate that a fresh application may have been or will be filed at the Supreme Court.

With the Court of Appeal application withdrawn and the release warrant signed, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is set to be released from custody. The substantive appeal by the Attorney-General remains pending at the Supreme Court.