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  • Go after Sedinam Tamakloe before my client – Ofori-Atta’s lawyer to gov’t

    Go after Sedinam Tamakloe before my client – Ofori-Atta’s lawyer to gov’t

    One of the members of the former Finance Minister’s legal team, Frank davies has slammed the government over what he describes as selective justice.

    Speaking during an appearance on JoyNews, the lawyer slammed the government for applying double standards in his pursuit of justice. According to him, there are people, including Ex-MASLOC CEO Sedinam Tamakloe-Attionu, who has been in the US for about 2 years since her sentence in April 2024.

    Consequently, Mr Davies has urged the government to get the former CEO from the US to serve her sentence before intensifying efforts to do the same with his client, Mr  Ofori-Atta, insisting that Ghana must be consistent in its commitment to due process and accountability.

    “Sedinam Tamakloe-Attionu has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction, a criminal court of corruption and corruptible tendencies. She has been convicted and is now a jailbird. She’s a criminal fugitive in the United States. I think our government, on the threshold of what they promised Ghanaians, should be able to bring Attionu back to Ghana, and then they can deal with Ken Ofori-Atta,” he added.

    Frank Davies went on to warn against selectivity, stressing the need to uphold justice and do way away with what he described as “double standards, hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty” or risk losing public trust in the country’s judicial system.

    “Now, they say Madam Attionu has blood running through her veins, and Ken Ofori-Atta has palm kernel oil dripping in his, so he is now more important than someone who has been convicted. This is the justice we are preaching in Ghana. If we are preaching justice, let us preach justice. If we are preaching the rule of law, let us do so. If we are preaching due process, let us preach it, not selectivity,” he stressed.

    Frank Davies’s remarks come at a time when conversations have heightened, regarding the arrest and detention of the former Finance Minister by US immigration over his visa status, with many suggesting Ghanaian authorities take advantage and bring him to face justice, as he has been pursued for over 8 months now.

    The Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC, has reported that Ghana’s former Finance Minister Ken Ofori has declined to meet them.

    The Embassy reported this in a formal statement shared by the Deputy Attorney General, Dr Srem-Sai, on his X (formerly Twitter) page on Sunday, January 11.

    According to the Ghanaian Ambassador, Victor Emmanuel Smith, his outfit requested access to Mr Ofori-Atta after confirming his arrest and detention over his immigration status.

    Their request for access to him was “to provide consular assistance in line with established diplomatic and international protocols”.

    However, “The Embassy was informed by the facility that the detainee declined to engage with consular officials at that time without his lawyers present”.

    However, “The Embassy of Ghana remains in contact with the appropriate United States authorities and will continue to follow the matter closely to ensure that Mr. Ofori Atta’s rights are totally respected.”

    Meanwhile, investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has shed more light on the arrest and detention of Ghana’s former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

    Speaking during an interview on TV3’s Key Points program on January 10, Manasseh revealed that Ofori-Atta’s arrest was a targeted operation by ICE and wasn’t part of a general swoop.

    He mentioned that witnesses present at the scene claim that Mr Ofori-Atta was arrested right after he exited his residence, a luxury apartment complex in Washington DC,  known as Westlight Apartments, located at 1111 24th Street, on the morning of Tuesday, January 6.

    “This wasn’t like those organised raids by ICE in specific places. They got in specifically for him. As soon as he emerged from the entrance of the building, they moved in, surrounded him, got him into a car and drove him away,” Mr Azure said on January 10.

    He continued, “This is a luxury apartment complex in the West End of Washington DC, about a 20-minute walk from the White House, adding that former Vice President Kamala Harris owned a two-bedroom condo in this same apartment complex.”

    Following his arrest in Washington DC, Mr Ofori-Atta was transferred to a detention facility in Virginia, where he is currently being held.

    Manasseh also affirmed the assertions made by the Attorney-General, indicating that Mr Ofori-Atta’s US visa was revoked in June 2025, contrary to claims that it merely expired. However, he clarified that, earlier, Mr Ofori-Atta’s visa was supposed to have expired in the coming month but was revoked, making his last six months and some days stay in the US illegal, hence his detention.

    “The update we got exclusively this morning is that the US visa was revoked as far back as June 2025. He’s been living in the US illegally for the past six months, and that is what landed him in trouble with ICE. It is possible to have a visa with a future expiration date, but the state can still take it back,” he noted.

    “Extradition comes with a whole lot of legal issues, but if you overstay your visa, that changes everything” he added.

  • Alex Mould, another ordered to ‘produce’ former MASLOC CEO in court 

    Two persons who stood as sureties for Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, a former Chief Executive Officer of Microfinance and Small Loans (MASLOC), have been given December 22, this year, to ‘produce’ her in court.

    Alex Mould, a former GNPC CEO and Gavivina Tamakloe, both sureties, risk paying ¢5 million bail sum.

    Attionu had sought permission from the court to seek treatment outside the country and failed to return to stand trial.

    The High Court said the sureties’ failure to produce Madam Attionu would result in the forfeiture of the bond they had signed.

    The Court in its ruling on an application for forfeiture of recognisance of sureties filed by the State said it was clear that the accused person had absconded.

    According to the Court, the sureties had also stopped producing letters to it (court) on the accused’s medical conditions.

    It said the accused person had breached her bail bond terms and that the sureties should be held liable.

    The State, led by Stella Ohene Appiah, a Principal State Attorney, argued that the accused person had abandoned trial because she had not returned to stand trial.

    Counsel for Tamakloe said he was unaware of the release of the accused person’s passport to her.

    He said since the State had opposed the release of the accused person’s passport, he could not be held liable.

    Mr Alex Mould prayed the court take steps to fast-track the processes for the accused person to come back to Ghana to stand trial.

    He said he had information that the accused person was still unwell and receiving medical assistance in the United States.

    Attionu has been charged together with Daniel Axim, a former Operations Manager of MASLOC, for willfully causing financial loss to the State, stealing, and contravention of the Public Procurement Act.

    She pleaded not guilty to the charges when she appeared in court in 2019.

    The State said MASLOC under the accused’s leadership, gave a loan of ¢500,000 to Obaatanpa Micro-Finance Limited, but the Company had allegedly returned the money because of the high interest that the loan attracted.

    According to the State, Obaatanpa Limited presented a cheque for ¢500,000 to Mrs Attionu, but she allegedly refused and demanded cash payment.

    The State said the accused also allegedly inflated the price of certain items that MASLOC had purchased during her tenure, and in some instances signed procurement contracts without approval by the Public Procurement Authority.

    It said on December 6, 2016, the accused person signed a contract with Mac Autos to supply MASLOC with 350 vehicles without any approval from the Public Procurement Authority.


    The vehicles, the State said, included Chevy Sparklite, Isuzu buses and Chevy Aveo with the unit price offered by Mac Autos to MASLOC for the Chevy Aveo being ¢74,495 ($18,883.39.)

    However, investigations revealed that the actual retail price Mac Autos offered for the same model within the same year without duty was ¢47,346.93 ($12,009.91).

    Source: GNA