Hearing of Daddy Lumba widowhood case extended to November 25

A High Court in Kumasi has pushed back the timeline for concluding hearings in the ongoing legal battle over the validity of highlife icon Charles Kojo Fosu’s marriage. The case, which pits Mrs Akosua Serwaa Fosuh against Priscilla Ofori — widely known as Odo Broni — was expected to wrap up on Friday, 21 November 2025.

However, Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur has now rescheduled the close of proceedings to Tuesday, 25 November 2025, citing a combination of delays that disrupted the planned timetable.

The plaintiff’s legal team was unable to complete its cross-examination of the first defendant’s sole witness, Abusuapanin Kofi Owusu, prompting the request for additional time.

The court also experienced repeated power cuts — occurring roughly a minute apart and lasting between 20 and 30 minutes — during the cross-examination of the second defendant. Earlier, the session had been held up for about an hour while the court awaited a resource person from the Manhyia Palace, summoned to brief the court on Akan customs relating to marriage, divorce and funeral rites.

Testifying under cross-examination, Abusuapanin Owusu admitted he was not personally close to the late musician and therefore had limited direct knowledge of his marital affairs. He told the court that the details in his statement were gathered through his own inquiries among family members.

He maintained that, according to the information he collected, the plaintiff at one point returned the ti nsa (head-drinks) to the late musician’s family — an act recognised in Akan custom as evidence of divorce. He also said he did not witness this act himself.

The witness further stated that the musician allegedly married the second defendant, Odo Broni, in 2010 and that the pair had six children together.

Owusu told the court that the late Daddy Lumba experienced health challenges roughly a decade after relocating to Germany, though he could not verify the timeline independently. He said the deceased eventually returned to Ghana because of his declining condition, and that the second defendant became his primary caregiver at that stage.

He added that these details were corroborated by the musician’s younger sister, Ms Faustina Fosu.

The deceased’s elder sister, Ms Ernestina Fosu, also testified, telling the court that her brother’s return to Ghana was driven by the need to monitor building projects jointly owned with his wife and to seek traditional treatment for a spine-related ailment.

The case will continue on 25 November, after which the court is expected to set a date for judgment.