The High Court in Accra has granted bail of GH¢30 million to Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, as proceedings to extradite him to the United States continue.
The court directed that the bail be secured by two justified sureties.
Mr Kumi was arrested in Ghana in December 2025 following an indictment by United States authorities, who allege he was involved in a romance scam network that defrauded elderly American victims of more than $8 million.
Previous attempts by the defence to secure bail had been unsuccessful.
In March this year, the Gbese District Court dismissed a preliminary objection filed by Mr Kumi challenging the extradition process initiated at the request of the United States.
In its ruling, delivered by Anna Akosua Appiah Gottfried Anaafi Gyasi, the court held that the offences underpinning the extradition request—particularly wire fraud—qualify as extraditable under the 1931 treaty between Ghana and the United States.
Separately, Mr Kumi has filed a suit against the Minister for the Interior and several investigative bodies, contesting the circumstances of his arrest, detention, and interrogation in December 2025.
The defendants include the Narcotics Control Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Economic and Organised Crime Office, and the Attorney-General.
His application, filed at the Human Rights Division of the High Court under Article 33 of the 1992 Constitution, seeks enforcement of his fundamental human rights.
He is asking for GH¢10 million in compensation for what he describes as violations of his constitutional rights.
The suit also challenges a statement attributed to the Economic and Organised Crime Office, which labelled him a “notorious cyber-criminal” and publicly linked him to large-scale fraud without a conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction.
