*Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu Was Not in Prison Until June 24, Minority Alleges*
Madam Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu was not in prison custody from her return to Ghana on June 9 until June 24, 2026, Hon. Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, has claimed.
Speaking on behalf of the Minority in Parliament, Hon. Baffour Awuah said the party conducted its own checks to verify the whereabouts of the former MASLOC CEO following her return to the country.
“A fortnight ago, speaking as the spokesperson for the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the New Patriotic Party, I stated that we would do an independent check to confirm the whereabouts of Madam Sedina Tamakloe. Indeed we have done so,” he said.
“We can categorically state that until yesterday, the 24th of June, Madam Sedina Tamakloe was not in prison custody. And so from the 9th of June when she arrived to the 24th of June yesterday, she was not in prison custody. That is a matter of record,” the Manhyia South MP stated.
He added that she was only admitted into prison custody on June 24, “fifteen clear days” after her arrival in Ghana.
Hon. Baffour Awuah linked the timing of government communications to her detention.
“That was why the Minister for Interior could confidently come out yesterday. And so if you observe, following her return the communication was by the Minister for Communication. And that had a lot of controversy and that is why the media kept pressing. And yesterday when she was admitted into prison custody, that was when the Minister for Interior came out.”
The Minority said Tamakloe-Attionu is currently held at “the female prison of a medium prison installation” but declined to name the specific facility.
“We are not going to put the name of the facility out for the following reasons,” Hon. Baffour Awuah explained.
He claimed intelligence available to the Minority indicates she “went in under protest” after being assured she would not be imprisoned and that steps would be taken to overturn the decision.
“It is only because of the public pressure that the government has decided to deliver her into prison custody,” he alleged.
According to the MP, Tamakloe-Attionu has been given assurances that she would be released at the earlier of two events: a drop in public pressure or a court ruling.
“We do not want to put the name of the facility out just to prevent the situation where they will come out and say that because of her security they are moving her from the facility,” he said.
The spokesperson for the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the New Patriotic Party has also accused government of selectively protecting members of the National Democratic Congress facing corruption trials, citing the handling of Madam Sedinam Tamakloe’s case.
“People are watching us very closely as a political class. They are tired of the way and manner government protects their own when it comes to corruption and corruption related cases. Ghanaians are tired. They can't have it anymore,” the spokesperson said at a press briefing.
He alleged that since assuming office, government “filed nolle prosequi in cases in respect of cases which members of the NDC were standing trial.”
On Tamakloe, he stated: “Now it is playing games with the conviction and the sentencing of Sedinam Tamakloe. Indeed by preventing her from serving the prison term for the fifteen days that she has been in Ghana, government has interfered with a lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction and that is contempt of court.”
The spokesperson argued the move was political. “And the government will only do that because Madam Sedinam Tamakloe is one of its own. And that has been the trend.”
He said the party would continue to track the matter. “We are going to keep an eye on the matter. The trend cannot be that anytime an NDC member falls foul of the law the person is protected and the person is prevented from facing the law.”
The spokesperson insisted the public expects action on corruption. “We must be seen to be acting on corruption and not protecting our own.”
Report by PKB
