The announcement came on Tuesday, the same day convicted former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu arrived in Accra after a two-year extradition process to begin serving her 10-year prison sentence.
Government Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu confirmed the planned meeting, which signals a strategic shift from processing extradition requests on a case-by-case basis to addressing all pending matters collectively.
Legal analysts say this approach could considerably shorten the timeline for future surrenders.
The cases in the pipeline
Several high-profile cases are currently caught in the extradition process, each at different stages and facing different legal complications.
Ken Ofori-Atta
The most prominent case is that of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. He faces charges related to alleged corruption in multiple government contracts, including:
· A GH¢125 million contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority and Strategic Mobilisation Limited
· The $400 million National Cathedral Project
· Ambulance procurement for the Ministry of Health
· Various electricity company contracts
The Office of the Special Prosecutor formally charged him on November 18, 2025.
Ofori-Atta travelled to the United States in early 2025 seeking medical treatment. By January 6, 2026, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had taken him into custody in Washington, D.C. He has since been held at the Caroline Detention Facility in Bowling Green, Virginia.
Two separate proceedings are currently running against him in the US — one relating to alleged immigration violations, which began in January 2026, and a second concerning Ghana’s formal extradition request seeking his return to stand trial.
Ernest Darko Akore
Alongside Ofori-Atta is Ernest Darko Akore, his former technical adviser, who also faces charges filed by the OSP. Akore left Ghana on November 19, 2024, for New York.
He holds both a US passport and a Ghanaian passport — a complication that makes his return significantly harder, since as a US citizen he cannot simply be deported.
The US Department of Justice has sought advice from the OSP on whether to arrest Akore before serving him with a summons, or to serve the summons before any arrest, given his dual citizenship status.
Frederick Kumi (Abu Trica)
Running in the opposite direction is the case of Frederick Kumi, widely known as Abu Trica. He was arrested in Ghana in December 2025 following a joint operation by the FBI and Ghanaian security agencies.
US prosecutors allege he ran an $8 million romance fraud network that used fake online identities, including AI-generated photos and voices, to defraud elderly Americans.
A High Court ruling on whether to surrender him to the US Marshals is expected on June 11, 2026 — just two days away.
A new approach
The planned bilateral meeting would place all pending Ghana-US extradition requests on the table at once, rather than processing them individually.
That shift in approach, government officials say, reflects growing momentum following the successful extradition of Tamakloe-Attionu — the first from the United States to Ghana since 2009.
For Ghanaians watching the justice system closely, the message is becoming clear: fleeing the country no longer means escaping accountability.
— MyJoyOnline
