{"id":890281,"date":"2026-02-05T03:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/sedina-tamakloe-arrested-and-detained-in-usa-awaiting-extradition\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T03:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:19:11","slug":"sedina-tamakloe-arrested-and-detained-in-usa-awaiting-extradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/sedina-tamakloe-arrested-and-detained-in-usa-awaiting-extradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Sedina Tamakloe arrested and detained in USA, awaiting extradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div role=\"main\" id=\"content\">\n<article id=\"the-post\">\n<div>\n<figure><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanaiantimes.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-16-at-08.35.45.jpeg\" alt data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghanaiantimes.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-16-at-08.35.45.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/ghanaiantimes.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-16-at-08.35.45-300x171.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to the United States of America, Victor Smith, confirms the detention of former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sedina Tamakloe- Attionu, at the Nevada Southern Detention Centre in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>The letter dated January 15, 2026 noted that \u201cI can today confirm that Mrs. Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, is being detained at the Nevada Southern Detention Center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador further revealed that \u201cMy information is that she was detained by US Marshals on January 6th and has since been kept at that detention center. I am reliably informed that acting on an extradition request sent to the US Authorities sometime in July 2024, US Marshals arrested Mrs. Tamakloe-Attionu and placed her in detention to await her day in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"read-next-block\">\n<h2>Read Next<\/h2>\n<div id=\"tie-read-next\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 5, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Wontumi Mining Case: High Court sets 2-week deadline for \u2018No Case\u2019 submission<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 5, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>President directs probe into cash-for-scholarship claims<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 4, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>South Africa\u2019s ex-President Zuma mentioned in Epstein emails over London dinner plan<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 4, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>IGP announces major reshuffle at top level of Police Service<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 4, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Barker-Vormawor challenges renaming of KIA in court of KIA in court<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 3, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>MFA denies issuing fake visa to late Nana Agyei Ahyia; family apologises<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 3, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Police declare robbery suspect Hoyeefi wanted<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 3, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>UniMAC mourns tragic death of Nelson Blay Nokotey \u2026assures justice<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 2, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Nmai Djor\u2013Trasacco, Borteyman lands declared security zone<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>February 2, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>High Court adjourns trial of Ken Ofori-Atta,9 others to Feb. 26<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Admin1<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ghanaiantimes.com.gh\/sedina-tamakloe-arrested-and-detained-in-usa-awaiting-extradition\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to the United States of America, Victor Smith, confirms the detention of former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sedina Tamakloe- Attionu, at the Nevada Southern Detention Centre in the USA. The letter dated January 15, 2026 noted that \u201cI can today confirm that Mrs. Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, is being detained at the Nevada Southern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147938,147939],"tags":[147936,147937],"class_list":["post-890281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sedina","category-tamakloe","tag-sedina","tag-tamakloe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}