The legal battle involving former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu has taken another dramatic turn after the Attorney-General moved swiftly to prevent her acquittal from taking immediate effect.
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Dr Dominic Ayine has filed an urgent application at the Court of Appeal seeking a stay of execution of the judgment that overturned Tamakloe-Attionu’s conviction and 10-year prison sentence.
The application, filed on Thursday, July 30, 2026, came just hours after a three-member Court of Appeal panel unanimously acquitted and discharged the former MASLOC boss on all charges. The state wants the effect of that ruling suspended while it challenges the decision at the Supreme Court.
The Attorney-General has also directed the Director of Public Prosecutions to immediately file a notice of appeal at the Supreme Court. According to the Attorney-General’s Office, the Republic remains confident that the country’s highest court will overturn the acquittal.
Tamakloe-Attionu was previously convicted in absentia by the High Court on 78 charges, including stealing, causing financial loss to the state, money laundering, improper payment of public funds and procurement-related offences. She was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment with hard labour.
However, the Court of Appeal ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt. The appellate judges also raised concerns about the handling of the original trial, including the application of the constitutional presumption of innocence.
The urgent stay application has reportedly been served on the Court of Appeal’s Criminal Division registrar, Tamakloe-Attionu at the Nsawam Medium Security Female Prison and the Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service.
The Court of Appeal must now decide whether to temporarily suspend its own judgment while the Attorney-General pursues the case before the Supreme Court.
What appeared to be a decisive legal victory for the former MASLOC boss has therefore opened another intense chapter, with her immediate freedom and the final outcome of the case once again hanging in the balance.
