The legal battle involving former Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe Attionu is headed for another round after the Attorney General announced plans to challenge the Court of Appeal’s decision that cleared her of all charges.
In a statement issued on July 30, 2026, the Attorney General confirmed that the Director of Public Prosecutions has been instructed to immediately lodge an appeal at the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn the appellate court’s ruling that acquitted and discharged the former MASLOC boss.
The appeal follows the Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision earlier on Thursday to set aside Tamakloe Attionu’s conviction on 78 charges, including conspiracy to steal, stealing, causing financial loss to the State, money laundering and breaches of the Public Procurement Act.
“Having received notice of the Court of Appeal’s decision, the Attorney-General has directed the Director of Public Prosecutions to immediately file a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, together with an application for a stay of execution of the judgment pending the determination of the appeal,” the statement read.
The Attorney General stressed that the state intends to pursue the matter to its conclusion and remains convinced that its legal position is sound.
“The Republic opposed the appeal by filing written submissions, contending that the appeal lacked merit and ought to be dismissed,” the statement added.
“The Attorney-General remains committed to the due process of law and is confident that the appeal before the Supreme Court will succeed.”
Earlier in the day, the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned the April 16, 2024 High Court judgment that convicted Tamakloe Attionu in absentia and sentenced her to 10 years’ imprisonment with hard labour.
The three-member panel, made up of Justice Emmanuel Ankamah, Justice Emmanuel Senyo Amedahe and Justice Samuel Obeng-Diawuo, concluded that the prosecution failed to establish its case beyond reasonable doubt.
The appellate court further held that the trial judge failed to properly apply the constitutional principle that every accused person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Speaking to Class News after the ruling, Tamakloe Attionu’s lawyer, Enoch Deegbe, said the Court of Appeal’s decision largely turned on what the judges found to be a defective charge sheet.
According to him, the defence challenged the conviction on three principal grounds: the defective charge sheet, the absence of a proper prima facie determination against his client, and errors in the trial court’s judgment. However, he said the appellate court anchored its decision mainly on the issue of the charge sheet.
Meanwhile, Daniel Axim, the former MASLOC operations manager and Tamakloe Attionu’s co-accused, remains on bail after the Supreme Court granted him temporary freedom in January 2026 while awaiting the outcome of his own appeal.
Axim, who received a five-year prison sentence from the High Court, has already served nearly two years. With the Attorney General now moving to challenge Tamakloe Attionu’s acquittal, attention is expected to shift to how the Supreme Court’s eventual determination could influence Axim’s pending appeal and the wider case.
