The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has warned against apparent efforts by the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to help the convicted former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, evade her sentence through extra-judicial means.
Charged with 78-counts of stealing, conspiracy, causing financial loss to the state (nearly GH₵90 million), money laundering, and procurement breaches, Madam Tamakloe was convicted in absentia in April 2024 and sentenced to 10 years in hard labour after failing to return from medical treatment in the United States.
The case was one of the most closely watched corruption trials in the country, given MASLOC’s role as a government agency established to provide microfinance support to small businesses, traders, and vulnerable groups.
Madam Tamakloe was extradited back to Ghana on 9 June 2026, the first such extradition in 16 years.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, the NPP warned that any attempt to overturn her sentence outside the established judicial process could severely undermine the anti-corruption efforts and weaken public confidence in the rule of law.
Selective prosecutions
The NPP also accused the governing NDC of systematically undermining the rule of law through weaponised state institutions, selective prosecutions, and unlawful administrative actions.
The statement issued by NPP’s Policy Secretariat and signed by Mr Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi (MP), Co-Chair of the Constitutional & Legal Affairs Policy Committee, the main opposition party highlighted what it described as a troubling pattern of “one rule for opponents and another for allies” since the NDC assumed power on 7 January 2025.
The argued that institutions such as EOCO, the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), National Security, and the Ghana Police Service have been deployed aggressively against political opponents, journalists, and critics, while high-profile corruption cases from the previous administration have been terminated or quietly settled.
Several cases involving individuals affiliated to the governing NDC, the NPP noted, were dropped after the accused persons had opened their defence, resulting in automatic acquittals under Act 30 that bar retrial.
The party cited the uniBank prosecution (converted to a negotiated settlement) and the dormant Saglemi case as examples.
