Court issues arrest warrant for former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe [Video]

The High Court in Accra has issued an arrest warrant for convicted former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Attionu Tamakloe.

This follows an ex-parte motion filed by State Prosecutors.

Earlier, Deputy Attorney General Alfred Tuah-Yeboah had stressed that government is commitment to extraditing the former CEO of MASLOC, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, to Ghana to serve her 10-year prison sentence.

In addition to Madam Tamakloe’s sentence, the court also sentenced Daniel Axim, the former Chief Operating Officer of MASLOC, to five years in prison.

The two were found guilty on 78 counts relating to causing financial loss to the state, theft, conspiracy to steal, money laundering, and contravening public procurement laws.

Madam Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu was tried in absentia as she absconded after obtaining court permission for a medical check-up abroad, while Daniel Axim testified in person but did not present any witnesses.

Addressing the court on Monday, April 22, Assistant State …