US EXTRADITES SEDINA TAMAKLOE ATTIONU TO GHANA TO START SERVING HER 10-YEAR SENTENCE

The United States has extradited former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, to Ghana following her conviction on more than 70 corruption-related charges involving the embezzlement of over six million dollars in public funds.

The American Embassy in Accra announced the extradition on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

The extradition is the first from the United States to Ghana since 2009, ending a 16-year gap in such transfers between the two countries.

Ms Tamakloe Attionu served as Chief Executive Officer of MASLOC from 2013 to 2016. She left Ghana in 2019 after obtaining permission from the court to travel abroad for a medical check-up but did not return to continue with her trial.

In April 2024, she was convicted and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment with hard labour on multiple charges, including causing financial loss to the state, stealing, conspiracy, money laundering and procurement-related offences.