The Kumasi High Court Five has extended the deadline for concluding hearings in the widely followed case that challenges the legality of the marriage between highlife legend Charles Kojo Fosu (Daddy Lumba) and Akosua Serwaa Fosuh.
Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur, who presides over the case, shifted the original deadline from November 21, 2025, to Tuesday, November 25, 2025, after the court was unable to complete proceedings as planned.
The delay stemmed partly from the inability of counsel for the plaintiff, Mrs. Akosua Serwaa Fosuh, to finish cross-examining the first defendant’s sole witness, Abusuapanin Kofi Owusu. Court activity was further disrupted by several unexpected power outages, each lasting between 20 and 30 minutes.
Earlier in the day, the hearing had already been pushed back by an hour while the court waited for a representative from the Manhyia Palace a traditional scholar invited to clarify Akan customs on marriage, divorce, and funeral rites.
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During cross-examination, Abusuapanin Owusu admitted that he was not personally close to Daddy Lumba and had limited knowledge of his private life. Still, he insisted that the information in his witness statement was accurate and based on his own investigations as well as details provided by the family.
He claimed that the plaintiff at one point returned the head-drinks to the family of the deceased, an act which, according to custom, symbolizes a divorce. Though he did not personally witness the event, he emphasized that his inquiries confirmed it.
Owusu also maintained that Daddy Lumba went on to marry the second defendant, Odo Broni, in 2010, and that the couple had six children together. He recounted that the musician fell seriously ill about a decade after relocating to Germany and eventually returned to Ghana because of his failing health. According to him, the plaintiff was not present during this critical period, and it was Odo Broni who cared for the musician until he recovered.
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