Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has rejected claims that his office was aware of an appeal filed by former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, against her 2024 conviction.

In a statement issued on Friday, July 31, 2026, Dame described attempts by communicators of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to link her acquittal to his tenure as “false and devious.”

He insisted that no notice of appeal filed by Tamakloe-Attionu reached the Attorney-General’s Office during his tenure.

“No notice of an appeal filed by Sedina Attionu in 2024 came to the attention of the Office of the Attorney-General during my tenure,” he stated.

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Dame further explained that state attorneys informed the Court of Appeal in April 2026, both orally and in writing, that they had not been served with any notice of appeal and only became aware of the matter after the court directed parties to file submissions.

He argued that even if an appeal had been filed in 2024, it had no practical effect since no action was taken on the matter until after the NDC assumed office.

He stressed that his priority as Attorney-General was to secure Tamakloe-Attionu’s extradition to Ghana to serve her sentence.

The former AG further noted that his office initiated proceedings in the United States, with the District Court of Nevada upholding the request on April 9, 2026, and committing her to custody pending a decision by the US Secretary of State.

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According to him, throughout the extradition process, which spanned from July 2024 to April 2026, no reference was made to any appeal in Ghana.

He added that lawyers for Tamakloe-Attionu only obtained leave from the Court of Appeal on February 10, 2026, to file written submissions, which were submitted two days later, after he had left office.

Prosecuting attorneys, he said, were taken aback when they were served with the appellant’s submissions on February 16, 2026, having received no prior notification. They subsequently filed their own submissions in opposition on April 9, 2026, raising concerns about an incomplete record of appeal and missing exhibits from the trial.

His comments follow the Attorney-General’s application at the Supreme Court seeking a stay of execution of the Court of Appeal’s judgment acquitting Tamakloe-Attionu, pending the determination of the State’s appeal. The application expressed concern that she could leave Ghana before the Supreme Court delivers its ruling.

Tamakloe-Attionu was convicted in absentia by the Accra High Court on April 16, 2024, and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for offences including causing financial loss to the state, stealing and money laundering.

The Court of Appeal later overturned the conviction, acquitting and discharging her after ruling that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Read the statement below:



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