Former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, has been acquitted and discharged by the Court of Appeal after the court ruled that prosecutors failed to prove the criminal charges against her beyond reasonable doubt.
The decision, delivered on Thursday, overturns a 2024 High Court judgment that had convicted her on multiple counts, including causing financial loss to the state and stealing, and sentenced her to 10 years’ imprisonment.
The appellate court found that the prosecution did not present sufficient evidence to sustain the convictions, effectively setting aside both the guilty verdict and the sentence imposed by the trial court.
The appeal also challenged the legality of her conviction and sentencing in absentia, with her lawyers arguing that the charges were fundamentally flawed and that the prosecution had failed to establish the offences to the required criminal standard.
Ms Tamakloe-Attionu had travelled to the United States in 2021 with the High Court’s permission to seek medical treatment while her trial was ongoing but failed to return to continue the proceedings.
Following her extradition from the United States on June 9, 2026, she was committed to the Nsawam Medium Security Female Prison on June 24, 2026, to begin serving the 10-year sentence handed down by the High Court.
The Court of Appeal’s ruling now nullifies that conviction and prison sentence, bringing a dramatic turnaround in one of Ghana’s high-profile corruption prosecutions involving a former public official.
