A report by Joy News, which sources award-winning Ghanaian journalist and anti-corruption campaigner Manasseh Azure Awuni, indicates that former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, has begun serving her 10-year jail term.Even though she was not sent to jail the day she touched down due to a pre-existing medical condition, which was confirmed by the US authorities before she was extradited, the report confirms that she has started serving her sentence at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison after spending several days receiving medical treatment at the Police Hospital in Accra.

According to the publication shared on the website of the Pledge Against Corruption (PAC), it noted that, following her arrival at Accra International Airport on June 9, she was left in the hands of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and later transferred to the Ghana Prisons Service.

According to the sources, she was admitted to the Police Hospital, where she received treatment for several days. However, the exact duration of her stay at the facility could not be independently confirmed.

After undergoing treatment, the Police Hospital reportedly declared her medically fit to begin serving her sentence. She was subsequently given medication and transferred to the Nsawam Medium Security Prison to commence her 10-year jail term.

Currently, she is being held in the female side of the Nsawam with limited visitors' permission aside from her family members. The report also claims that while under medical supervision, she remained under the watch of prison authorities and was not allowed to seek treatment elsewhere, like from a private health facility.

When her arrival was announced, and reactions

In a Facebook post, the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications and Presidential Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Fosu, indicated that Sedinam has returned to Ghana from the USA, two years and two months after the Accra High Court sentenced her to 10 years in prison for over 70 corruption-related charges. The charges include the alleged embezzlement of more than $6 million in public funds.

He noted that she arrived at the Accra International Airport at approximately 7:18 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9, aboard United Airlines flight UA 996 from Washington Dulles International Airport in the United States.

"In April, 2024, the High Court convicted and sentenced SEDINA TAMAKLOE-ATTIONU in absentia. In July 2024, the Government of Ghana submitted an extradition request to the United States for her surrender to Ghana to serve her sentence. After over two years of court proceedings, the United States authorities notified the Government of her surrender in January this year. She arrived in Accra on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

"Officials of the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Prisons Service have taken her into custody and are making the necessary preparations for her to begin her sentence. Meanwhile, the Attorney-General is scheduled to meet his counterparts at the United States Department of Justice for a bilateral discussion on all pending extradition requests between the two countries", Kwakye Fosu said in the post.

The Minority in Parliament earlier alleged that former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu’s jail term was delayed by the government by 15 days.

They cited contempt of court as the CEO was to have begun serving her sentence right when he touched down in Ghana following her extradition from the USA on June 9.

Addressing a press conference in Parliament, a member of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, disputed claims that she was placed in custody immediately upon her return.

“We can categorically state that until yesterday, June 24, Madam Sedina Tamakloe was not in prison custody. From June 9, when she arrived, to June 24, she was not in prison custody. That is a matter of record,” Mr Awuah stated.

The Minority described the delay as interference with a lawful court order.

“By preventing her from serving the prison term for the 15 days that she has been in Ghana, the government has interfered with a lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction, and that is contempt of court. The government will only do that because Madam Sedina Tamakloe is one of its own, and that has been the trend,” he said.

He also alleged that Madam Tamakloe has been assured that efforts will be made to avert her sentence.

“She is in prison custody now. She was admitted yesterday, and she has been given assurances. Another assurance she has been given is that they are going to work around the clock to have the decision overturned,” he claimed.