Prof Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, the former Chairman of the Public Procurement Authority Board and former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructural Investment Fund (GIIF), has been released from detention, as confirmed by his legal counsel, Ken Kuranchie.

Prof Ameyaw-Akumfi, was held by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) in connection with an investigation into financial matters during his tenure as the Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructural Investment Fund (GIIF), is now free.

According to Ken Kuranchie, Prof Ameyaw-Akumfi was at his home Sunday morning when a group of men in three pickups arrived and informed him that he was needed at the NIB.

He voluntarily followed them first to the NIB head office and then to the NIB offices in Kawukudi, Accra.