The legal team of Ghanaian businessman and socialite Abu Trica has made a startling new claim amid the ongoing controversy surrounding his extradition to the United States over alleged romance scam charges.
In a post shared on social media, Abu Trica’s lawyer, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, revealed that information available to his team suggests his client has been rushed to the Police Hospital.
“I have just found out from sources at the Police Hospital that Abu Trica has been rushed to the hospital,” the lawyer wrote.
His revelation comes just days after Abu Trica was rearrested in court following a High Court ruling that dismissed his challenge against an earlier extradition order.
The decision paved the way for Ghanaian authorities to proceed with plans to hand him over to the United States, where he is wanted to face allegations of participating in an alleged US$8 million romance scam targeting elderly victims.
Despite the court’s decision, Barker-Vormawor says his legal team has been completely denied access to their client for more than a week.
“It has been over a week; we haven’t been allowed access to Abu Trica as lawyers, and our request for him to meet with us as his lawyers has not been granted,” he stated.
According to the lawyer, the situation has become even more worrying because neither he nor his colleagues know exactly where Abu Trica is currently being held.
He further claimed that Interpol Ghana, which initially took custody of Abu Trica after his rearrest, has informed them that they no longer have him in their custody.
“In fact, we have no idea where he is being held, and Interpol, which first had custody of him, says they don’t have him,” Barker-Vormawor added.
The lawyer disclosed that unless the authorities immediately allow them access to their client, they will file a habeas corpus application to compel the state to produce Abu Trica before the court and explain the legality of his detention.
“We will be filing a habeas corpus application by tomorrow if the Republic continues to deny him something as basic as his right to counsel,” he said.
Barker-Vormawor also criticised what he described as the treatment being meted out to his client, suggesting that the authorities were prioritising cooperation with the FBI over protecting the constitutional rights of a Ghanaian citizen.
“Let’s keep treating our citizens as animals to please the FBI. We are doing well. Today, it’s a supposed ‘fraud boy’. Tomorrow it will be a politician,” he wrote.
Abu Trica’s case has attracted significant public attention since his arrest in December 2025 after the United States requested his extradition. U.S. authorities allege that he was part of an international criminal syndicate involved in romance fraud and money laundering schemes that reportedly defrauded victims of more than US$8 million.
Abu Trica has denied any wrongdoing, while his legal team has consistently challenged both the extradition process and the manner in which he has been detained.
The Ghanaian authorities have yet to publicly respond to the lawyer’s latest allegations regarding his client’s health, detention location, and the reported denial of access to legal counsel.