The Gbese District Court in Accra has fixed Wednesday, March 25, 2026, to deliver its ruling on a preliminary legal objection filed in the extradition proceedings involving Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica.
The ruling will determine whether the extradition request from the United States authorities can proceed or be halted on legal grounds.
United States prosecutors are seeking Abu Trica’s extradition to face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Abu Trica’s legal team, led by lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor, raised a preliminary objection challenging the validity of the extradition proceedings. Counsel argued that the alleged offences of wire fraud and money laundering are not expressly listed as extraditable under the 1931 Extradition Treaty between Ghana and the United States.
According to the defence, the treaty’s provisions on conspiracy are limited to specific categories that do not encompass the charges in this case. They further submitted that Ghana cannot invoke more recent domestic legislation to broaden the scope of the treaty, insisting that extradition must be strictly confined to offences mutually agreed upon by the two nations at the time the treaty was signed.
Meanwhile, a group of youth from Swedru, Abu Trica’s hometown, besieged the court premises on the day of the hearing, demanding his immediate release.
