One of the lawyers for Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, Hackman Kofi Essel, has said that if reports claiming that his client has been extradited to the United States are true, it is a travesty of justice and a disrespect to Ghana’s judicial system.
According to the lawyer, the legal team of Abu Trica has not received any official communication from the Ministry of the Interior or the Attorney General’s office confirming the alleged extradition.
He noted that the reports remain unverified and only appear in the media.
Speaking to the media, Hackman Kofi Essel stated, “That’s what we heard. It’s in the media. And we’ve not gotten any press release by the officialdom, be it the Ministry of the Interior or the Ministry of Justice.
That’s the Attorney General’s office. So we don’t know. But, I mean, if it is so, then it’s a travesty of justice and a disrespect to our judicial system. That’s all I will say,” he stated.
Meanwhile, reports suggest Abu Trica has been extradited to the United States to face charges related to an alleged $8 million romance scam case.
According to sources, Abu Trica was flown out of Ghana on Thursday, July 9, aboard Delta Airlines flight DL 157.
Ghanaian Journalist Kobby Kyei, in a post on X, wrote, “Abu Trica was this morning extradited to the United States at approximately 9:30 a.m”.
In another post, he wrote, “Abu Trica was captured at the airport while boarding a flight following his extradition”.
Abu Trica’s extradition follows a July 2 decision by the High Court in Accra ordering that he be surrendered to US authorities to face allegations of involvement in a romance fraud scheme.
Also, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, a lawyer for Abu Trica, had earlier disclosed that his client had reportedly been taken to the Police Hospital in Accra.
Barker-Vormawor disclosed that it has been over a week since lawyers have been allowed to meet with Abu Trica despite constant requests.
In a post on Facebook, Oliver Barker-Vormawor shared an update on July 8, 2026, stating, “I have just found out from sources at the Police Hospital that Abu Trica has been rushed to the hospital.
It has been over a week; we haven’t been allowed access to Abu Trica as lawyers; and our request for him to meet him as his lawyers has not been granted.
In fact, we have no idea where he is being held, and Interpol, which first had custody of him, says they don’t have him.
We will be filing a habeas corpus application by tomorrow if the Republic continues to deny him something as basic as his right to counsel.
Let’s keep treating our citizens as animals to please the FBI. We are doing well.
Today, it’s a supposed “fraud boy”. Tomorrow it will be a politician.
Shalom”.
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“If it is true that Abu Trica has been extradited as reported in the news then it’s a travesty of Justice and a disrespect to our judicial system”
— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) July 9, 2026
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