Former Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah has described the arrest of former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, in the United States as a significant validation of the extradition process initiated by his office while in government.
Appearing on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday, Mr Tuah-Yeboah said the development confirmed that the legal groundwork laid during his tenure had yielded results, even though the process extended beyond his time in office.
He revealed that immediately after Tamakloe-Attionu was convicted in April 2024, the Attorney General’s Department took steps to ensure her arrest by returning to court to secure the necessary warrant and trigger formal extradition proceedings.
According to him, by July 2024, all required documentation had been completed and transmitted to the appropriate authorities to facilitate the process, with expectations that the matter would be concluded within a reasonable timeframe.
Mr Tuah-Yeboah admitted that he had hoped the extradition would be finalised before his office exited in January 2025 but expressed satisfaction that United States authorities have now acted on the request.
He said the arrest demonstrates that extradition processes, though often lengthy, can succeed when pursued diligently and within the framework of international law.
Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is currently being held at the Nevada Southern Detention Centre in the United States, according to a statement issued by Ghana’s Ambassador to the US, Emmanuel Victor Smith, dated Thursday, January 15, 2026.
The former MASLOC CEO was sentenced in April 2024 to 10 years’ imprisonment with hard labour after being found guilty on 78 charges, including causing financial loss to the state, stealing, conspiracy to steal, money laundering and breaches of the Public Procurement Act.
Her co-accused, former MASLOC Chief Operating Officer Daniel Axim, was also convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour.
