Ghanaian media personality Captain Smart has said Ghanaian socialite Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, will be released and compensated even if he is extradited to the United States of America.
According to Captain Smart, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) does not possess evidence directly implicating Abu Trica, as they are working with documents submitted by Ghana’s Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
Captain Smart further claimed that initially Abu Trica was accused of defrauding someone of $8 million, but alleged that the figure was later reduced to $15,000 before eventually being narrowed to five per cent of that amount.
Speaking on his show on Onua TV, Captain Smart stated, “I interviewed Abu Trica here, and those with low wisdom criticised me because of the interview; they want to extradite him. They started from $8 million, saying he had defrauded someone. From 8 million to 6 million, 6 to 4, 4 to 2, 2 to 1, 1million to 500,000, 500,000 to 50,000, 50,000 to $15,000, from 15,000 to 5 per cent of $15,000. They scaled it down to $15,000, then five per cent of $15,000”.
“If they extradite him to America, they will release him. They will also compensate him on top of it because the FBI said they have no incriminating information against him. I have the documents. They are acting based on the documents submitted to them by the EOCO of this country,” he stated.
It will be recalled that some weeks ago, Abu Trica broke his silence on the claimed $8 million romance scam levelled against him.
According to Abu Trica, there is no such thing as an $8 million claim in the case against him, arguing that the foreigners themselves admitted they gave him $13,000.
He further argued that he was set up, revealing that while he was in custody, two foreigners attempted to set him up during interrogation, claiming they had evidence against him.
Speaking on Accra-based Onua TV on June 3, 2026, Abu Trica argued, “There is no such thing as an $8 million claim in the case against me. They themselves admitted they gave me $13,000”.
“The reason behind how the $8 million came about is that they came to arrest me and pick me up at night to NACOC cells. While in the cells, they came and told me that some men needed to interrogate me. It was a dark conference room, and I saw five men, three of whom were white and two were black,” he stated.
“They placed some documents in front of me, not knowing it was a setup orchestrated by themselves,” he said.
“The informant told me to provide an account for them because they knew it did not belong to me. They wanted me to mention the name of the account owner, which I refused to do. They became furious and threatened to charge me with taking $8 million instead of the initial $1 million claim against me,” he disclosed.
“I thought it was a joke. How can a foreigner treat me like that in my own country and threaten me?” he said.
Meanwhile, the Accra High Court has set July 10, 2026, to hear an application by lawyers for Ghanaian socialite Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, seeking to halt his extradition to the United States.
Abu Trica’s lawyer, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, made this known that the court has brought forward the hearing of the motion to stay his client’s extradition and has fixed July 10, 2026.
In a Facebook post, he stated, “The High Court has just made an order bringing forward the date for hearing of motion to stay the extradition of Abu Trica. Both parties must appear on 10 July”.
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🚨Captain Smart has responded to Abu Trica’s lawyer’s comments describing his interview with his client as “unnecessary.”
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He also claimed that the FBI will eventually clear Abu Trica’s name and compensate him heavily
So Abu trica didn’t even inform his lawyers about his… pic.twitter.com/UKNvpnmORM
