An old photo of Akosua Serwaa and the late Daddy Lumba
Akosua Serwaa, widow of the late Daddy Lumba, has filed an appeal against the Kumasi High Court ruling that rejected the marriage certificate she presented in an earlier case.
In a suit filed on December 1, 2025, sighted by GhanaWeb, Akosua Serwaa prayed the Court of Appeal to overturn the decision.
According to the suit, Akosua Serwaa is dissatisfied with the Judgment of the Kumasi High Court delivered by Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur on November 28, 2025.
“Please take notice that the Plaintiff/Appellant herein being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the Judgment of the High Court, Kumasi more particularly stated herein and contained in the Judgment of His Ladyship Justice DORINDA SMITH ARTHUR sitting at the High Court, Kumasi and dated on the 28th day of November, 2025 DO HEREBY APPEAL to the Court of Appeal against the decision upon the grounds set out in paragraph 3 and will at the hearing of the Appeal seek the reliefs set out in paragraph 4,” part of the suit reads.
In her grounds for appeal, Akosua Serwaa argued that the High Court erred when it ruled that the marriage certificate she tendered was not admissible.
“The High Court erred when it held that the Marriage Certificate exhibit “B”, “B1″ and ‘B2’ was not admissible per se. The Court erred when it held that Section 161 of the Evidence Act is a condition precedent for putting weight on an admitted document. The Court erred when it held that the evidence adduced by the defendants was more credible than that of the evidence of the complainant,” another part of the suit stated.
Her lawyer, William Kusi, therefore asked that the entire judgment be set aside.
“That the whole Judgment of the High Court, be set aside and judgement entered in favour of the Plaintiff,” it added.
On November 28, 2025, the Kumasi High Court ruled that both Akosua Serwaa and Priscilla Ofori, popularly known as Odo Broni, be recognised as surviving wives of the late Highlife legend Daddy Lumba.
Akosua Serwaa had asked the court to declare her the only surviving wife with exclusive widowhood rights, and to restrain Odo Broni from presenting herself as the musician’s spouse or being recognised as such by the head of the Ekuona family.
However, the court held that she failed to discharge the burden of proof, particularly because she did not provide the original copies of her marriage certificate.
Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur noted that the evidence submitted, “fell short of Sections 136 and 161,” which required her to produce the original certificate from the Bornheim Marriage Registry and the corresponding certification from the Ghana Embassy in Germany. What was submitted instead was only an extract.
Read the suit below:
AK/EB
