The Kumasi High Court Five has extended the conclusion of hearings in the case challenging the legality of the marriage between highlife musician Charles Kojo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, and Mrs Akosua Serwaa Fosuh.
Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur, the Presiding Judge, extended the deadline for concluding the hearing and paving the way for judgment from Friday, November 21, 2025, to Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
This followed the inability of the counsel of the plaintiff (Mrs Akosua Serwaa Fosuh) to complete the cross-examination of the only witness of the first defendant, Abusuapanin Kofi Owusu.
Also, proceedings were delayed due to power cuts occurring about a minute apart, lasting approximately 20 to 30 minutes during the cross-examination of the second defendant.
Prior to that, proceedings had already been delayed for about an hour due to the late arrival of a scholar from the Manhyia Palace who had been summoned to educate the court on Akan marriage, divorce and funeral rites.
During the cross-examination of the first defendant, he acknowledged the fact that personally, he was not close to Daddy Lumba and, therefore, had little knowledge about his marital issues.
However, Abusuapanin Owusu told the court that the information he provided in his witness statement concerning the late Daddy Lumba’s marriage to Mrs Fosuh and the second defendant, Odo Broni, was obtained through his personal investigation into the matter.
He said, according to information from family members, the plaintiff returned the head-drinks (used as a symbol of marriage) to the deceased’s family, which was accepted by the then family head and other members of the family.
That act, Abusuapanin Owusu noted, was a sign of divorce; hence, the plaintiff was no longer married to the deceased, though he did not witness the return of the drinks.
He said per the information he gathered through his investigation, the late Daddy Lumba married the second defendant in 2010 and has since had six children with her.
He also testified that the late Daddy Lumba became ill about 10 years after moving to Germany, adding that he could not confirm the exact timeline, as the information was provided to him by Ms Faustina Fosu, the deceased’s younger sister.
He said the deceased relocated to Ghana due to poor health, even though he was not bedridden, but as time elapsed, his condition became severe, and his wife was nowhere near him to assist him.
According to him, that was when the deceased met the second defendant, who took care of him till he got well again.
Abusuapanin Owusu said the younger sister of the deceased confirmed most of the information penned down in his witness statement.
Ms. Ernestina Fosu, the elder sister of the late Daddy Lumba, testified during her cross-examination by counsel for the first defendant that the deceased returned 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.
