Convicted ex-MASLOC boss was sent to Nsawam Prison on June 24, 2026 - Manasseh reveals

Investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has revealed that the former Chief Executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, was sent to the Nsawam Medium Security Female Prison to begin her jail sentence on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.

According to him, on Saturday, June 27, 2026, contrary to earlier reports that the former public official began serving her 10-year sentence a few days after arriving in Ghana from the United States on June 9, 2026, she was actually sent to prison on June 24, 2026.

Sedina Tamakloe was not in prison custody until June 24 — Minority challenges government

Manasseh said the latest information was gathered from sources with intimate knowledge of the matter, adding that before being sent to prison, Tamakloe-Attionu had spent some time at the Police Hospital due to ill health.

He further stated that one source said she spent about four to five days at the Police Hospital, which is fewer than the two weeks between her arrival in Ghana and her eventual incarceration.

The timeline appears to corroborate the earlier claims by the Minority Caucus in Parliament the Tamakloe-Attionu only began serving her prison sentence on June 24, 2026.

The Minority had alleged that there was a 15-day delay in enforcing the court’s judgment.

Addressing a press conference in Parliament, a member of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, disputed earlier statements attributed to the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, suggesting that Tamakloe-Attionu had already been placed in prison custody following her return to Ghana.

“We can categorically state that until yesterday, June 24, Madam Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu was not in prison custody. From June 9, when she arrived, to June 24, she was not in prison custody. That is a matter of record,” Awuah stated.

The Minority contended that the delay in committing the convicted former MASLOC Chief Executive to prison amounted to interference with the execution of a lawful court order.

Awuah argued that preventing a convicted person from immediately commencing a prison sentence imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction raised serious legal and constitutional questions.

“By preventing her from serving the prison term for the 15 days that she has been in Ghana, government has interfered with a lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and that is contempt of court. The government will only do that because Madam Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is one of its own, and that has been the trend,” he stated.

The Minority further alleged that assurances had been given to the former MASLOC boss regarding efforts to challenge or overturn her conviction.

“She is in prison custody now. She was admitted yesterday, and she has been given assurances. Another assurance she has been given is that they are going to work around the clock to have the decision overturned,” Awuah alleged.

BNI, Police Hospital, Nsawam Prison: New details emerge on Sedina Tamakloe's journey to jail

Tamakloe-Attionu was convicted in absentia in 2024 after a lengthy criminal trial relating to her tenure as MASLOC Chief Executive.

The High Court found her guilty on multiple counts, including causing financial loss to the state, conspiracy, and other offences connected to the management of MASLOC funds.

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