Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, has revealed that former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, remains in prison custody despite the Court of Appeal’s decision to acquit and discharge her.
Mr Kwakye Ofosu, in an interview, debunked allegations that Sedina Tamakloe Attionu had been released or was never incarcerated after returning to the jurisdiction.
“For the avoidance of doubt. From the day Sedina landed in Ghana until the Court of Appeal made its pronouncements, she has always been in prison custody. So, the claims that she was home and was not kept by Prison authorities are blatantly false… Should we publish pictures or show videos before you believe that she was in prison?” he said.
According to him, Ms Tamakloe-Attionu had not been released following the Appeals Court ruling, where she was acquitted and discharged.
“I can tell you Sedina has not been released; she’s still in custody,” Mr Kwakye Ofosu stated in an interview with Channel One TV.
His comments come after Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie granted permission for the Court of Appeal to sit during the legal vacation to hear the Attorney-General’s application for a stay of execution of the judgment that acquitted and discharged Ms Tamakloe-Attionu.
Meanwhile, the National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, in an interview on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo morning show on Monday, August 3, announced plans to stage a protest on Thursday, August 6, arguing that the Court of Appeal’s decision was erroneous.
Nana B, as he is popularly called, accused the government of intimidating opposition members while allegedly shielding its allies from prosecution.
Ms Tamakloe-Attionu’s conviction and 10-year prison sentence by the High Court for causing financial loss to the state were overturned by the Court of Appeal, which ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Following the Court of Appeal’s ruling, the Attorney-General filed an application at the Supreme Court seeking a stay of execution of the judgment pending the determination of the State’s appeal.
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