An application seeking to halt the final funeral rites of legendary Ghanaian singer, Charles Kwadwo Fosuh, known widely as Daddy Lumba, has been dismissed by the Kumasi High Court.
The ruling gave the green light to proceed with the funeral arrangements slated for December 6, 2025.
Akosua Serwah Fosuh, the wife of the late musician, filed an interlocutory injunction praying the court to restrain Daddy Lumba’s extended family from organising the funeral until certain family matters were resolved.
However, the court held that under Ghanaian customary law, the authority over the body of a deceased person lies with the family, not the spouse.
The ruling was delivered yesterday by Justice Smith Arthur, who explained that restraining the family would not be in the interest of justice or public order.
“The application for interlocutory injunction is hereby refused,” she said.
With the court’s decision, preparations by the family for the much-anticipated funeral can now continue without legal hindrance.
Daddy Lumba, whose music career spanned over four decades, died rocked with legal battles between two women, Akosua Serwah Fosuh and another, Priscilla Ofori, aka Odo Broni.
The two women fought over who to be the singer’s widow, and Akosua Serwah Fosuh was declared by the Nkosuohene of Asanteman, Nana Osei Kwame Kyeretwei as the legal wife per a press
statement issued and signed by the family secretary on October 26, 2025.
This comes after Odo Broni, her lawyer, and the late musician’s family head, Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu failed to provide a legal document to prove that Lumba indeed married Odo Broni.
