Lawyers for Abu Trica Say He Has Been Rushed to Police Hospital, Threaten Habeas Corpus Action

Lawyer and activist Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor has claimed that his client, Ghanaian social media personality and businessman Abu Trica, has been rushed to the Police Hospital after being held incommunicado for more than a week.

In a statement shared publicly, Barker-Vormawor said he had received information from sources at the Police Hospital indicating that Abu Trica had been taken there. According to the lawyer, he and his legal team have been denied access to their client since his arrest and have not been informed of his whereabouts.

Barker-Vormawor stated that repeated requests to meet Abu Trica in his capacity as legal counsel have not been granted, raising concerns over what he described as a violation of his client’s constitutional right to legal representation.

He further alleged that neither he nor his legal team knows where Abu Trica is currently being held, adding that Interpol officials, who initially had custody of him, informed them that he is no longer in their custody.

The lawyer warned that he would file a habeas corpus application if authorities continue to deny Abu Trica access to his legal team.

Barker-Vormawor also criticised what he described as the Republic’s treatment of its citizens, alleging that fundamental rights were being ignored in an effort to satisfy the FBI. He cautioned that such actions could set a dangerous precedent.

“Today, it’s a supposed ‘fraud boy’. Tomorrow it will be a politician,” Barker-Vormawor said in the statement.

Authorities have not yet responded publicly to the allegations or confirmed Abu Trica’s reported admission to the Police Hospital.

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