Judge signs release warrant for Sedina Tamakloe Attionu
The release warrant for Sedina Tamakloe Attionu has been signed following the Attorney-General’s withdrawal of the motion blocking the release. The Attorney-General on Wednesday morning withdrew a motion seeking to halt the release the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu. Following that move, the […]
The release warrant for Sedina Tamakloe Attionu was signed after the Attorney-General withdrew a motion that sought to block her release. The former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) had her conviction and 10-year sentence on 78 corruption-related charges quashed by a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal in July 2026.
The court ruled that the trial judge had improperly placed the burden of proof on the appellant, deviating from the presumption of innocence. Despite the Court of Appeal's decision, the Attorney-General filed a notice of appeal at the Supreme Court and subsequently withdrew a motion for stay of execution pending the appeal's outcome. The motion was later struck out at the Court of Appeal.
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