'I can't trust that Sedina Tamakloe is in custody' - Manasseh Azure

Investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has expressed concern about the whereabouts and custody arrangements of former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Officer, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, calling for greater transparency from the authorities regarding her exact location.

Speaking on Citi FM on June 20, 2026, Manasseh said he is not convinced by assurances that Sedina Tamakloe is currently in custody, arguing that official communication on the matter has not been sufficiently clear.

“Long before her coming in, I have heard and many people in Ghana may also have heard that we have a system in this country where some influential people when they are convicted and said to be in jail don’t actually go to prison,” he said.

He suggested that there is a public perception that some convicted individuals are kept in undisclosed locations and occasionally moved in and out of custody, describing the situation as troubling.

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“It is a whole lot of mess,” he said.

Manasseh maintained that there is no reason for authorities not to clearly state where a convicted person is being held, including the exact facility.

“I don’t think anything prevents this administration from telling us that look, this person has come in, he came in on this date, he is in Nsawam prison or he is at the Cantonments Police cells and if everybody goes there they will find him,” he stated.

According to him, the lack of transparency only deepens public suspicion and weakens confidence in the justice system.

“I don’t think anything stops the government from being clear on that. So where the government intends to hide something, where there is no reason to hide it, it only fuels suspicion,” he said.

He further stressed that he personally cannot accept claims that Sedina Attionu is in custody without independent confirmation.

“As I sit here I cannot trust that Sedina Tamakloe is in custody just because somebody tells me she is in custody. I don’t trust that,” he said.

He also questioned why authorities cannot openly disclose where she is being held and the conditions of her detention.

“What stops the government from telling us where she is, which prison, which police cells she is being kept in?” he asked.

Sedina Attionu-Tamakloe, who was convicted in absentia in 2024 and sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing financial loss to the state and stealing, was recently extradited from the United States and received by security officials upon her arrival in Ghana.

She is expected to serve her sentence after a long extradition process initiated by the Government of Ghana following her failure to return from a medical trip abroad during her trial.

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