Barker-Vormawor weighs in on Sedina's return to Ghana

Private legal practitioner, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has weighed in on the extradition of former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Officer, Sedina Tamakloe- Attionu, describing it as a historic development in Ghana's Fourth Republic.

In a Facebook post shared on June 9, 2026, Barker-Vormawor stated that Attionu had become the first person in the Fourth Republic to be sentenced in absentia and subsequently extradited to serve that sentence.

“Sedina becomes the first person in the 4th Republic, who was sentenced in absentia and extradited to face that sentence,” he said.

He said Attionu has every right to seek legal redress and challenge her conviction now that she has returned to Ghana.

“I suspect she will retain lawyers to try to challenge her conviction. She has that right as a Ghanaian,” he stated.

However, Barker-Vormawor criticised Attionu for leaving the country during the legal proceedings that eventually led to her conviction.

“She shouldn’t have run away in the first place,” he added.

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He further questioned whether there would be any changes to the legal process following her return.

“But now that she is back in Ghana, will Yaanom shift the goal post again?” he asked.

Barker-Vormawor concluded his post with a call for accountability, referencing the government’s anti-corruption initiative.

“We should all be ORALISTS! Unless you are a witch,” he stated.

His comments come amid public discussion over Attionu’s extradition and the legal options available to her following her return to Ghana to face the sentence imposed by the court.

Her extradition followed her arrest in the United States by US Marshals in Texas, after which she was held at the Nevada Southern Detention Center.

A US District Court in Nevada, presided over by Magistrate Judge Daniel J Albregts, certified Ghana’s extradition request in April 2026 after finding sufficient legal grounds and probable cause linked to her conviction.

The certification was issued under 18 U.S.C. § 3184, clearing the legal pathway for her surrender to Ghanaian authorities.

The case stems from a 2024 Accra High Court conviction delivered in absentia, where she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for offences including stealing and causing financial loss to the state during her tenure as MASLOC CEO between 2013 and 2016.

She was accused of contributing to losses of nearly GH¢90 million in public funds, alongside multiple counts of conspiracy and money laundering-related offences.

Meanwhile, Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has disclosed that officials of the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Prisons Service have taken Tamakloe-Attionu into custody following her arrival in the country.

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