Hearings in the lawsuit contesting the validity of the union between highlife musician Charles Kojo Fosu, well known by his stage name Daddy Lumba, and Mrs. Akosua Serwaa Fosuh have been further delayed by the Kumasi High Court Five.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur, extended the deadline from Friday, November 21, 2025, to Tuesday, November 25, 2025, in order to complete the hearing and prepare for a ruling.
This came after the plaintiff’s attorney, Mrs. Akosua Serwaa Fosuh, failed to finish cross-examining Abusuapanin Kofi Owusu, the first defendant’s lone witness.
Additionally, during the second defendant’s cross-examination, the proceedings were postponed for around 20 to 30 minutes because of power outages that happened every minute.
Before that, a scholar from the Manhyia Palace who had been called to instruct the court on Akan marriage, divorce, and funeral customs had arrived late, causing the proceedings to be postponed by approximately one hour.
The first defendant admitted during the cross-examination that he was not personally close to Daddy Lumba and, as a result, knew very little about his marital problems.
Abusuapanin Owusu, however, informed the court that the details he gave in his witness testimony about the late Daddy Lumba’s marriage to Mrs. Fosuh and the second defendant, Odo Broni, came from his own personal inquiry.
He claimed that based on information provided by family members, the plaintiff gave the deceased’s family back the head drinks, which were used as a marriage symbol. The head of the family at the time and other family members acknowledged this.
Even though he was not present when the beverages were returned, Abusuapanin Owusu pointed out that the plaintiff was no longer married to the deceased because that conduct was a symbol of divorce.
According to what he learned during his research, the late Daddy Lumba wed the second defendant in 2010 and the two have six children together.
He also stated in his testimony that the late Daddy Lumba fell ill approximately ten years after relocating to Germany, but he was unable to verify the precise time frame because Ms. Faustina Fosu, the deceased’s younger sister, gave him the information.
He claimed that although the dead was not bedridden, his poor health forced him to move to Ghana. Over time, his condition worsened, and his wife was nowhere to help.
He claims that’s when the dead met the second defendant, who looked after him until he recovered.
Abusuapanin Owusu stated that the deceased’s younger sister confirmed the majority of the details recorded in his witness statement.
Ms. Ernestina Fosu, the late Daddy Lumba’s elder sister, testified during her cross-examination by counsel for the first defendant that the deceased traveled to Ghana to check on building projects co-owned by himself and his wife, as well as to seek traditional treatment for his spine-related condition.
Source: newsthemegh.com