Court dismisses Akosua Serwaa's injunction on Daddy Lumba's funeral

The Kumasi High Court has on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, officially dismissed an interlocutory injunction application seeking to halt the funeral of the late highlife icon Daddy Lumba.

The application was filed by Akosua Serwaa Fosuh, who claims to be the musician’s legal wife.

Akosua Serwaa had asked the court to restrain the late singer’s family from proceeding with his final funeral rites until a legal determination was made on her status as his surviving spouse and widow.

However, in her ruling, Presiding Judge Dorinda Smith Arthur held that under Ghana’s customary law, the authority to manage a deceased person’s corpse lies with the family. She added that suspending the funeral would not serve the best interests of the family or the general public.

“Accordingly, the application for interlocutory injunction is hereby refused,” she stated.

The decision gives the family the green light to continue preparations for the funeral as scheduled.

The family has announced that the funeral will take place on December 6, 2025, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.

Daddy Lumba’s death on July 26, 2025, triggered the legal dispute, but the latest ruling clears a major hurdle in the planning of his final farewell.