Akosua Serwaa
Evangelist Nana Yaw Akosah, popularly known as Papa Shee, has explained why the late highlife legend Daddy Lumba’s first wife, Akosua Serwaa, and several other prominent individuals did not attend the musician’s funeral held on December 13, 2025.
Speaking in an interview on Adom TV’s morning show on December 15, 2025, Papa Shee revealed that Akosua Serwaa was in Germany at the time of the funeral and did not travel with her children to Ghana for the burial.
According to the evangelist, Akosua Serwaa was neither formally invited nor officially informed about the funeral arrangements, despite ongoing legal issues between her and a section of Daddy Lumba’s family.
“Maame Akosua Serwaa was not officially notified about the funeral date and only heard about it through hearsay,” Papa Shee claimed, adding that she chose to leave the matter in God’s hands after learning of the date indirectly.
Papa Shee further alleged that the head of Daddy Lumba’s family failed to extend invitations to some key traditional authorities in the Ashanti Region, including the Nsutahene, Parkosohene and Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
He disclosed that several close family members were also unable to attend the burial because they reside abroad. According to him, these relatives had earlier appealed for the funeral to be postponed to allow everyone to be present, but the request was not granted.
The evangelist explained that he personally stayed away from the funeral out of respect for elders who had withdrawn from the funeral arrangements, opting instead to remain at home in prayer and worship.
Daddy Lumba passed away at the Bank Hospital in Cantonments on July 26, 2025, at the age of 60 after a short illness.
The final funeral rites were attended by several prominent Ghanaians, including veteran musician Nana Acheampong, businessman Dr Osei Kwame Despite, Dr Ernest Ofori Sarpong, Kennedy Agyapong (Kenpong), Johnson Asiedu Nketia and Dr Frank Amoakohene.
Family members present included Daddy Lumba’s children, his younger sister Faustina Fosu, the Abusuapanin Kofi Owusu and his second wife, Odo Broni.
However, Akosua Serwaa, Daddy Lumba’s elder sister Ernestina Fosu, Papa Shee and other immediate family members who were involved in a legal dispute with the Abusuapanin over the funeral arrangements were notably absent from the final burial rites.