Attorney General and Minister of Justice Dominic Ayine has confirmed that his office is actively working with U.S. authorities to secure the extradition of former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Ghana but has been outside the country since 2019.
Dr. Ayine dismissed suggestions that the state had failed to act on the matter, stating that concrete steps had already been taken.
“The Office of the Attorney General is awaiting the execution of our request to have her extradited to serve her prison sentence in Ghana.
“The International Cooperation Unit of the Attorney General’s Department followed up on our request with the Department of Justice of the United States of America in September 2025,” he said while addressing Parliament on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
He emphasised that the follow-up was recent and deliberate. “So if there is any impression being created that I am not taking any steps, this is the evidence that in September, that is just a month ago, I took the step of inquiring from the United States Justice Department about the steps that they were taking in respect of the extradition.”
According to him, the U.S. authorities have assured Ghana that the process is underway. “They indicated that they are following their extradition procedures in executing the request and that the fugitive will be extradited as soon as they have satisfied all the procedures. Thank you, Mr Speaker,” he said.
Sedina Tamakloe was convicted in April 2024 after a High Court in Accra found her guilty of causing financial loss of GH¢90 million to the state during her tenure as CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC). She was sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour.
Her co-accused, former MASLOC Chief Operating Officer Daniel Axim, received a five-year prison sentence, also with hard labour. The pair were found guilty on 78 counts, including causing financial loss to the state, stealing, conspiracy to steal, money laundering and violating public procurement procedures.
The case, which began in 2019, continued in her absence after she travelled to the United States to seek medical treatment and did not return to face the conclusion of her trial.
