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Former National Bank of Kenya CEO Munir Sheikh Ahmed is under probe over alleged financial malpractice. [PHOTO: FILE/ STANDARD]
Former National Bank of Kenya (NBK) chief executive, Munir Ahmed, was arrested at the airport on suspicion that he was fleeing the country, then released without any charges on Friday.
Police arrested Mr Munir at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on Thursday night. He spent the night at Kileleshwa Police Station cells as his friends tried to have him released in vain.
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