Frederick Kumi, also known as Abu Trica, is a socialite and businessman from Ghana who has been extradited to the US to face charges in connection with an alleged $8 million romance fraud.
On Thursday, July 9, the 31-year-old and FBI agents travelled from Ghana to the United States on a Delta Air Lines flight.
On December 11, 2025, Abu Trica was first taken into custody in Ghana after it was reported that the FBI and Interpol were both looking for him.
After months of legal action by his attorneys to prevent his transportation to the United States for trial, he was extradited.
The Attorney-General was seized again by security forces, and a Gbese District Court granted his request for extradition. Later, his legal team submitted a last-minute request to stop the extradition.
Oliver Barker-Vormawor, one of his lawyers, stated that Abu Trica had been taken to the Police Hospital on Wednesday, July 8.
“I have just learned from sources at the Police Hospital that Abu Trica was rushed there. For over a week now, we have not been allowed access to him,” Barker-Vormawor posted on social media.
Additionally, he said that neither Interpol nor the police had revealed Abu Trica’s location.
He stated, “We have no idea where he is being held. Interpol, which initially detained him, says he is no longer in their custody.”
If authorities continued to refuse their client access to legal counsel, Barker-Vormawor threatened to submit a habeas corpus application on behalf of the legal team.
“We continue to treat our citizens like animals just to please the FBI. Today it’s an alleged fraud suspect; tomorrow it could be a politician,” he added.
Abu Trica refuted claims that he had duped American citizens of $8 million during an appearance on a local television station in June.
In an interview with Onua TV, he stated, “There is no $8 million case against me. What they are saying is that I received $13,000.”
Only a few weeks have passed since the United States extradited Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, the former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC), to Ghana to serve a 10-year prison term after she fled the nation after being found guilty of corruption and causing financial loss to the state.
Source: newsthemegh.com