Collins Owusu Amankwah: "If NIB is used for political harassment, we will mobilize our people and confront the government."

Early on Sunday, February 23, 2025, the NIB detained Professor Ameyaw-Ekumfi, the former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF). After being accused of being actively involved in the $2 million payment for the Accra Sky Train Project, he was later freed. Owusu Amankwah, however, denounced the arrest's method, claiming that the NIB is not permitted by law to hold anyone without a court order. "We simply don't invite people like that. You must abide with the law and get a warrant from a police superintendent, a judge, or the chairwoman of a tribunal. For them, we have created the law. Therefore, I would have requested their warrant if I had been invited. We're not going to

He added that since Professor Ameyaw-Akumfi did not sign a check or approve any transactions, there is no proof that he is connected to the money in question. He recommended that rather than humiliating Ameyaw-Akumfi in public, the NIB should have approached the former CEO of GIIF if they required a witness. The 2013 Hope City Project, which was started under President Mahama in 2013 with the goal of constructing Africa's tallest building in Accra, with a height of 270 meters (885 feet), was also likened by Owusu Amankwah to the Accra Sky Train Project. He issued a warning that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) will organize its supporters to confront the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration if it utilizes the NIB for political harassment. Check to see if the NDC has chosen to use

Source: YawaNews