Former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, reportedly spent several days receiving medical treatment at the Police Hospital in Accra before being transferred to the Nsawam Medium Security Prison to begin serving her 10-year prison sentence.
According to a report by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni, citing unnamed sources, Ms. Tamakloe-Attionu was initially handed over to the former Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) upon her arrival at the Accra International Airport following her extradition from the United States.
The sources indicated that U.S. authorities informed their Ghanaian counterparts that the former MASLOC boss had arrived with an existing medical condition.
She was subsequently admitted to the Police Hospital, where she underwent treatment for several days.
After doctors certified her medically fit, she was reportedly transferred into the custody of the Ghana Prisons Service and taken to the female section of the Nsawam Medium Security Prison to begin serving her sentence.
She is said to have been transferred with medication prescribed for her continued treatment.
The report also stated that Ms. Tamakloe-Attionu remained in the custody of the Ghana Prisons Service throughout her medical treatment and was not permitted to seek care at any private health facility.
Her whereabouts have attracted public attention in recent weeks, with some members of the public questioning whether she had begun serving her sentence.
The Minority in Parliament has claimed that, based on its findings, she only commenced her prison term on June 24, 2026.
According to the sources, access to the former MASLOC Chief Executive at the prison has been restricted, with only a limited number of family members allowed to visit her.
Ms. Tamakloe-Attionu was extradited from the United States and arrived in Ghana on June 9, 2026, to serve a 10-year custodial sentence imposed by the Accra High Court.
She was convicted in absentia in 2024 after failing to return to Ghana from the United States, where she had travelled in 2021 with the permission of the court to seek medical treatment while her criminal trial was ongoing.
The court found her guilty of multiple offences, including causing financial loss to the state and stealing, in a case arising from allegations of misappropriation and diversion of state funds during her tenure as MASLOC Chief Executive.
Meanwhile, the Accra High Court is expected to deliver its ruling on July 30, 2026, on an appeal filed by her legal team challenging the legality of her trial and conviction in absentia.
