Duke Aaron Sasu, the lawyer for Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, former Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), on Monday notified an Accra High Court of his intention to withdraw his legal services. 

The court, presided over by Justice Audrey Kocuvi-Tay, confirmed that it had received a Notice of Withdrawal filed on September 11, 2025, from Mr Sasu. 

Prof Ameyaw-Akumfi is standing trial alongside Solomon Asamoah, a former CEO of GIIF, having been charged with willfully causing financial loss to the State, intentional dissipation of public funds, and conspiracy to commit crime. 

Prof Ameyaw-Akumfi is alleged to have caused financial loss of two million dollars in a transaction to build an urban sky train system in Accra.    

He was granted bail in the sum of GH¢10 million with two sureties, one of whom is to be justified with landed property based in Greater Accra. 

Asamoah was also granted a GH₵15 million bail with two sureties, all to be justified with a registered land or property located in the Greater Accra Region. 

The former GIIF Board Chairman told the court that he used to have a lawyer, but on Monday morning, the Counsel told him he would not be present. 

“The misunderstanding between me and my lawyer is being mediated, and l hope we will be able to resolve it this week,” he said. 

Meanwhile, Asamoah had filed an appeal challenging the court’s dismissal of his application for further disclosures. 

However, Deputy Attorney General, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, said the AG’s office had not been served with the Application. 

The case had been adjourned to October 20, 2025. 

The Accra SkyTrain project was a proposed elevated light rail system aimed at reducing traffic congestion and air pollution in Accra, Ghana’s capital. 

In 2018, the Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the AiSky Train Consortium of South Africa. 

Following the completion of a feasibility study in November 2019, the parties signed a build, operate, and transfer concession agreement. 

The company was to develop the system at an estimated cost of $2.6 billion with a capacity of 10,000 passengers/hour/direction.