The Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ernest Owusu-Bempah, has challenged the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, to extradite Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, a former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), to serve her 10-year jail term.

According to Owusu-Bempah, until the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government ensures the return of Sedinam to face the law, no NPP member should be prosecuted in the country.

Speaking in an interview on Okay FM on March 26, 2025, he accused the NDC government of deliberately targeting NPP appointees for persecution and prosecution.

He insisted that if the ruling party was serious about fighting corruption, it should first bring back Sedinam, who has already been convicted by the court but has gone into hiding.

“Ayine has surprised me. It seems politics has completely taken over him, and he is losing sight of the real issues. He thinks he has Adu-Boahene and is accusing him of multiple crimes. If he has a case, why doesn’t he go to court?

“This kind of selective justice only happens under an incompetent NDC government. Listen, I am daring Ayine, if he is truly a lawyer and the NDC is serious about fighting corruption, they should go and bring Sedinam, who has been found guilty and is now a fugitive of justice.

“President Mahama and the NDC know where she is, so they should go and bring her. Otherwise, no NPP member will be prosecuted in this country. We cannot sit back and allow this recklessness to continue,” he said.

Attionu was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Accra High Court in April 2024 after being found guilty of stealing, procurement breaches, and causing a GH¢90 million financial loss to the state.

Meanwhile, the Attorney General held a press conference on March 24, 2025, to clarify the arrest of Kwabena Adu-Boahene, a former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB).

His arrest resulted from a joint operation between the Attorney General’s office and the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO).

Adu-Boahene’s detention is linked to an ongoing investigation into the procurement of cyber intelligence equipment during his tenure as Director-General of the National Signals Bureau.



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