Former Education Minister in the John Agyekum Kufour administration, Prof Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi has been taken into custody by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) at Kawukudi, near Nima in the Greater Accra region.
The reasons for his detainment are not yet known.
Former Chairman of the Public Procurement Authority Board Prof Ekumfi’s legal team is actively working to secure his release.
As of now, his lawyers are present at the NIB offices in Kawukudi, striving to obtain bail for the professor.