AG files urgent application to halt Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu's acquittal pending Supreme Court appeal

Dr. Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, filed an urgent application at the Court of Appeal on Thursday, July 30, seeking a stay of execution of the judgment that acquitted and discharged former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu. The motion, filed by Principal State Attorney Hilda W. Craig on behalf of the Attorney-General, is asking the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal in Accra to suspend the effect of the judgment until the state's intended appeal at the Supreme Court is determined.

Assistant State Attorney Andrew Owusu-Agyemang argued in an affidavit supporting the application that allowing the acquittal to take effect immediately could render the state's appeal ineffective. The state maintains that the Court of Appeal's decision contains "material errors of law and fact" and resulted in what it describes as a substantial miscarriage of justice. Madam Tamakloe-Attionu was first arraigned before the High Court in February 2019 on charges including stealing and causing financial loss to the state. The High Court convicted her in absentia on April 16, 2024, and sentenced her to 10 years' imprisonment with hard labour. She returned to Ghana in June 2026.