Abu Trica has detailed his version of the events that led to his arrest, claiming he was left in handcuffs for more than 12 hours as security personnel searched his luxury apartment in Accra.
The businessman and social media personality, born Frederick Kumi, shared the account during an interview with Captain Smart on Onua TV on June 3, 2026. He described what he said was an extensive operation carried out at his apartment in the Airport Residential Area on December 11, 2025.
According to him, the incident began early in the day while he was at the property with friends. He alleged that officers from the Cybercrime Unit of the Ghana Police Service, accompanied by personnel from the Narcotics Control Commission, arrived with a search warrant and informed him that they intended to search the premises.
“It happened on the morning of December 11, 2025. My boys and I were in one of my apartments at Airport Residential. We heard a knock at the gate and when we opened it, it was personnel from the Cybercrime Unit of the Ghana Police Service and some personnel from Narcotics,” he recounted.
Abu Trica said the officers subsequently informed him that he was being arrested over allegations linked to cyber fraud.
He claimed he demanded an explanation for the operation and was shown a TikTok video that investigators allegedly believed connected him to large sums of money.
“When I enquired why I was being searched, one of them showed me a TikTok video depicting me flaunting stacks of cash and asked where the money was,” he said.
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Abu insisted the account behind the video did not belong to him and rejected claims that he had posted the content.
“I told them I never posted such a video. I am not on TikTok and that account in particular was fake. They still didn’t believe me,” he stated.
Abu Trica further alleged that he and the other individuals present remained restrained throughout the search, which he said stretched from morning until night.
“They handcuffed me and made me sit for over 12 hours while they searched the entire apartment. The video people saw of me and my friends seated on the couch, handcuffed, we were like that from 9 a.m. in the morning to 9 p.m.,” he claimed.
He also accused the officers of preventing him from contacting legal representation during the exercise.
“Even when I asked to call my lawyer, they did not allow me and rather took offence,” he said.
The interview forms part of Abu Trica’s ongoing public defence as he continues to challenge allegations tied to an alleged international romance fraud and money laundering scheme.
The case, which includes fraud and extradition proceedings, has attracted widespread attention in Ghana and beyond. Abu Trica has consistently denied any wrongdoing and maintains that he has no connection to the criminal activities alleged by investigators.
Watch his statement below.