{"id":218212,"date":"2024-09-16T20:39:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/we-are-collaborating-with-u-s-to-extradite-former-masloc-boss\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T20:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:39:48","slug":"we-are-collaborating-with-u-s-to-extradite-former-masloc-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/16\/we-are-collaborating-with-u-s-to-extradite-former-masloc-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"We are collaborating with U.S. to extradite former MASLOC Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has revealed that the state is actively pursuing the extradition of former MASLOC Chief Executive, Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, to Ghana to serve her 10-year sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Tuah-Yeboah confirmed that Attionu is currently residing in the United States, and the government is working with U.S. authorities to facilitate her return to Ghana to face justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was convicted by the court in Ghana sometime ago and after the conviction, I made it known to the media that we were going to take steps to have her extradited to Ghana and we started taking those steps and in collaboration with our intentional partners, we know where she is and very soon, definitely, she may be extradited to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of going through the process is necessary and we are filing all the documentation and if everything goes through, she will definitely come back to Ghana to begin her sentence. She is in the United States of America,\u201d the deputy AG told Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News on Citi FM.<\/p>\n<p>Tuah-Yeboah added, \u201cWhen it comes to extradition processes, for example, you have to go through the court processes to get a court order and what we are supposed to do is furnish the US authorities with whatever we have and wait on them so that the moment they finish with the processes, she will be brought down to Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Accra High Court on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, sentenced Ms. Tamakloe to 10 years in prison for stealing, procurement breaches and causing GH\u00a290 million financial loss to the state.<\/p>\n<p>She was dragged together with a former Operations Manager of MASLOC, Daniel Axim, to court in January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The two were charged with 78 counts of stealing, money laundering, and causing financial loss to the state, among others.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has revealed that the state is actively pursuing the extradition of former MASLOC Chief Executive, Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, to Ghana to serve her 10-year sentence. 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