Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, has vehemently refuted reports that convicted former MASLOC Chief Executive Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is serving her sentence under house arrest, maintaining that she is still in the Ghana Prison Service’s legal custody.
Madam Tamakloe-Attionu is overseen by the Ghana Prison Service, which is in charge of the welfare, administration, and placement of prisoners, according to Mr. Kwakye Ofosu, who spoke on Joy FM on Wednesday, June 17.
He stated, “She is in the custody of the Ghana Prison Service. They know how to handle people. If somebody needs help there, they know how to take care of her. I can assure you and let me put it on record, she is not in any house. She is not under any house arrest.”
Franklin Cudjoe’s allegation that a top government official had said otherwise were also rejected by the Minister.
He urged the President of IMANI Africa to present proof and name the purported official responsible for the assertion.
“If Franklin Cudjoe tells you that, he is not telling you the truth. Let him name the so-called top government official who told him that,” Mr. Kwakye Ofosu stated.
In response to enquiries on Madam Tamakloe-Attionu’s health, Kwakye Ofosu stated that the Prison Service is responsible for disclosing detainees’ medical conditions.
“I don’t have information on her medical condition. It is not my place to discuss it, he remarked.
He asserts that the Prison Service alone makes decisions about the administration and placement of prisoners, and that it will formally communicate on these issues when needed.
After a successful extradition procedure started by the Ghanaian government, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu returned to Ghana from the United States to start serving a prison sentence.
According to Presidential Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu, she has subsequently been taken into custody by representatives of the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Prisons Service, who are making the required preparations for her to start serving her sentence.
On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, she entered the nation.
In 2024, an Accra High Court found Attionu guilty of creating financial loss to the state and sentenced her to 10 years in prison with hard labour.
In 2021, the High Court first authorised Sedina Attionu to visit the US for medical care while her trial was still pending.
She did not, however, return to Ghana to continue taking part in the proceedings, so the court decided to proceed with the trial without her.
The conviction came when it was discovered that millions of Ghana cedis meant to help small enterprises under MASLOC had been misappropriated.
She was also convicted on charges of money laundering and theft. Alongside her, businessman Daniel Axim was found guilty.
An Accra High Court found Attionu guilty in absentia after she neglected to show up for court proceedings over purported financial irregularities at MASLOC while serving as CEO.
Source: newsthemegh.com