A judge has signed the official release warrant for former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) CEO Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, paving the way for her discharge following a legal U-turn by the prosecution.
The development follows a move by Principal State Attorney Hilda Craig on Wednesday morning to withdraw the Office of the Attorney-General’s motion for a stay of execution at the Court of Appeal. The application, which sought to halt Ms. Tamakloe Attionu’s release pending an appeal at the Supreme Court, was subsequently struck out as withdrawn.
The prosecution has instead refiled its motion for stay of execution directly before the Supreme Court.
In July 2026, a three-member Court of Appeal panel quashed Ms. Tamakloe Attionu's conviction and 10-year prison sentence on 78 corruption-related charges. Presiding Justice Emmanuel Ankamah, alongside Justices Samuel Obeng-Diawuo and Emmanuel Senyo Amedahe, ruled that the trial court erred by repeatedly shifting the burden of proof onto the accused, violating the constitutional presumption of innocence, while noting that the state had failed to prove key charges beyond reasonable doubt.
Despite the State filing a notice of appeal to challenge the Court of Appeal’s ruling at the apex court, the withdrawal of the stay of execution motion at the appellate court enabled the presiding judge to execute her release warrant.
