Popular media personality Arnold Asamoah-Baidoo has defended Daddy Lumba’s wife, Akosua Serwaa, arguing that she is justified in seeking legal redress over her contested status in her late husband’s widowhood rites.
Speaking on United Showbiz on October 11, 2025, Arnold urged the public to show more empathy toward Serwaa and to be less hasty in passing judgment on her decisions.
“The way people have been commenting and talking about this concerns me. We don’t know what the family is going through. We are not with them, so we should be cautious in the way we make such comments,” he said, referring to criticisms over the legal battle.
He pushed back against voices dismissing the importance of Kunadie (widowhood rites), emphasising that these traditions are deeply tied to inheritance and asset sharing.
“Some people are saying that the Kuna do not really matter or are insignificant. Let’s be serious. It is very necessary. It is part of the process; it is a precursor to asset sharing. It is a precursor to what would transpire,” Baidoo argued.
The media pundit further challenged the notion that Serwaa’s filing of a court case was arbitrary or baseless, stating that she has the right to seek legal action.
“They are giving the impression that Maame Serwah just went to court just like that. But someone instigated it. She was declared not to be the widow. So, she has every right to seek redress from the court,” he said, urging people to understand the context behind her actions.
Arnold also defended Daddy Lumba’s legacy, stating that while the public debate is messy, none of it should tarnish the music legend’s record.
“It should not and will not in any way affect Lumba’s legacy as a musician. All this noise is not needed. But in all this, Daddy Lumba’s legacy is unmatched.
Following the announcement of funeral rites of Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, his wife, Akosua Serwaa Fosuh, sought a court injunction to halt the funeral, demanding recognition as the sole legal widow with the right to perform traditional widowhood rites.
She accused the family of excluding her from preparations and ignoring her marital status.
However, the Fosu Royal Family is in support of Priscilla Ofori, known as “Odo Broni,” who lived with Daddy Lumba in Ghana for over fifteen years and bore him six children, claiming that she was recognised as his wife by asserting that an Akan customary dissolution of the German marriage had occurred, making her the legitimate spouse under Ghanaian custom.
The family, led by Abusuapanyin Kofi Wusu, has moved to organise funeral rites according to Akan tradition, asserting that customary law gives them authority over the burial, a position supported by the Neequaye v. Okoe legal precedent.
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