Daddy Lumba
The Kumasi High Court has dismissed an application seeking to halt the final funeral rites of legendary Ghanaian musician, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba.
The ruling, delivered yesterday by Her Ladyship Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur, gives the family the go-ahead to proceed with the funeral arrangements slated for December 6, 2025.
The late musician’s wife, Akosua Serwaa, had 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.
Justice Smith Arthur noted that restraining the family would not be in the interest of justice or public order.
“The application for interlocutory injunction is hereby refused,” the judge ruled.
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, is expected to be laid to rest on December 6, 2025, in a ceremony expected to draw thousands of fans, friends, and dignitaries from across the country and beyond.
FROM David Afum, Kumasi