The High Court in Accra has granted bail in the amount of GH¢30 million to Frederick Kumi, widely known as Abu Trica, as he awaits extradition proceedings to the United States.
The court ordered that the bail be secured by two sureties, both of whom must be justified.
Kumi was arrested in Ghana in December 2025 following an indictment by US authorities, who allege he was part of a romance scam network that defrauded elderly American victims of more than $8 million.
Previous attempts by his legal team to secure bail were unsuccessful.
In March of this year, the Gbese District Court dismissed a preliminary objection filed by Kumi challenging the extradition proceedings initiated at the request of the United States.
Presiding judge Anna Akosua Appiah Gottfried Anaafi Gyasi ruled that the offences underlying the extradition, particularly wire fraud, are extraditable under the 1931 treaty between Ghana and the US.
Separately, Kumi has filed a lawsuit against the Minister for the Interior and several investigative bodies, challenging the circumstances surrounding his arrest, detention, and interrogation in December 2025.
The defendants include the Narcotics Control Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), and the Attorney-General.
The application, filed under Article 33 of the 1992 Constitution at the Human Rights Division of the High Court, seeks to enforce Kumi’s fundamental human rights.
He is demanding GH¢10 million in compensation for what he describes as violations of his constitutional rights.
The suit also challenges a statement attributed to EOCO that described him as a “notorious cyber-criminal” and publicly portrayed him as involved in large-scale criminal activities and fraud without a conviction from a competent court.
