Late Ghanaian music legend, Daddy Lumba, known in private life as Charles Kwadwo Fosuh did not die intestate but actually wrote his last will and testament which gave specific and detailed instructions on how his property and assets should be distributed after his death, his lawyers as at the time of his demise on Saturday July 26, 2025 have noted.
“As the last lawyers of the late Daddy Lumba before his demise, we have in our custody some instructions from the late Daddy Lumba which serves as a guide to the family as to how he wants his funeral and burial to be conducted as well as the distribution of his estate”, a letter issued on the official letterhead of Baba Jamal & Associates, signed by Fati Ali-Yallah Esq noted.
The letter was issued on behalf of the Fosu Royal Family, the family of the late music legend, Daddy Lumba. It instructed all persons to stay away from all and any property of the late musician until an appropriate time to be so determined as fit.
“In respect of the properties of the late Daddy Lumba, we wish to state that all his properties forms part of his estate which the family together with the children of the late Daddy Lumba and their mothers shall work together to ensure fair distribution to all who are entitled to benefit. Until then, let all persons stay away from the properties till it is properly and legally dealt with”, the letter noted.
Baba Jamal & Associates wrote the said letter on the instructions of the Fosu Royal Family of Parkoso and Nsuta in the Ashanti Region, in response to complaints by Mrs. Akosua Serwah Fosuh about the funeral and estate of the late musician, Charles Kwadwo Fosuh, who she still insists is her legally married husband both under German and Ghanaian laws on civil marriage.
The clarity that Daddy Lumba left a written will with his lawyers has been made known in the middle of a heated controversy on whether or not he died intestate and speculations that the distribution of his estates could create some internal family disagreements.
Already, dust is yet to settle on a disagreement on which woman should be Daddy Lumba’s widow at the funeral planned for December 6 this year.
On one hand, Germany-based Akosua Serwah Fosuh, insists on being recognized as the widow of Daddy Lumba and has provided documentary evidence to prove that she entered into a civil marriage with the musician on December 23, 2004 in Bornheim, Germany under German Civil marriage laws and that the marriage still holds.
On the other hand, the Fosu Royal Family has made it clear that Akosua Serwah cannot hold herself as a widow of Daddy Lumba and that at best she is a former wife and mother of some of his children.
The Fosu Royal Family, argues that the civil marriage which legally joined Daddy Lumba and Akosua Serwah Fosuh as husband and wife does not exist anymore because she had presented traditional drinks to the family of the late musician when he was alive and expressed an intention to seek divorce.
The Family insists the only wife of Daddy Lumba known to the them and accepted by same is Odo Broni.
“Priscilla Ofori (a.k.a Odo Broni) is married to the late Daddy Lumba and was the woman who lived with him through thick and thin and were blessed with six (6) children for over fifteen (15) years they lived together till his final day on earth”, the Fosu Royal Family has noted.
Divorce Attempt
In the middle of the controversy over who is the legitimate widow, a document believed to be from a law firm that represented Akosua Serwah and dated February 4, 2018 has surfaced with details of what has been interpreted to be a divorce notice from Akosua Serwah to Daddy Lumba.
The February 4, 2018 letter basically accused Daddy Lumba of a litany of allegations, requested for some properties from him, requested for an amount of money as alimony and said if the musician failed to respond within 10 days, Akosua Serwah had given instructions to her lawyers that divorce process should be filed against him in the German courts.
“We have our Client’s instruction to serve this notice on you: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT If the above humble proposal is not satisfactory to you, or if we do not hear from you within ten (10) days upon service hereof, we have her express instructions to immediately commence divorce proceedings against you and claim half the value of every possession you own in Ghana, Germany and elsewhere including ancillary orders pending divorce while her counsel in Germany does same in Germany”, the said document noted.
