Former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe Attionu is set to regain her freedom after the judge signed her release warrant following the Attorney-General’s withdrawal of an application that sought to stop her release.

The Attorney-General on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, withdrew the motion before the court, clearing the way for the judge to sign the release warrant.

The release follows a landmark Court of Appeal ruling in July 2026 that overturned Tamakloe Attionu’s conviction and 10-year custodial sentence on 78 corruption-related offences.

Delivering the unanimous decision, Justice Emmanuel Ankamah, sitting with Justices Samuel Obeng-Diawuo and Emmanuel Senyo Amedahe, held that the trial judge had improperly shifted the burden of proof to the accused, undermining the constitutional presumption of innocence. The appellate court also found that the prosecution had failed to establish several of the charges beyond reasonable doubt.

Despite the ruling, the Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice promptly filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, challenging the decision to acquit and discharge the former MASLOC boss.

The case stems from allegations of financial misconduct during Tamakloe Attionu’s tenure at MASLOC. In April 2024, the Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe, convicted her after a trial that commenced in January 2019.

She was found guilty on charges including conspiracy to steal, stealing, wilfully causing financial loss to the state, causing loss to public property, improper payment and unauthorised commitment of public funds, money laundering, and violations of the Public Procurement Act.

According to the prosecution, investigations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and findings from a forensic audit revealed that public funds were diverted through several MASLOC programmes. The allegations included the diversion of a GH¢500,000 facility involving Obaatanpa Microfinance, misuse of funds allocated for public sensitisation, diversion of relief funds meant for victims of the Kantamanto Market fire, and inflated procurement of vehicles and mobile phones.

Tamakloe Attionu was convicted in absentia after travelling to the United States in 2021 for medical treatment with the High Court’s approval but failing to return. She was extradited to Ghana after her conviction, arrived in the country on June 9, 2026, and started serving her sentence at the Nsawam Medium Security Female Prison on June 24, 2026.