Akosua Serwaa, the first wife of the late highlife icon Daddy Lumba, has taken her legal battle a step further by challenging a Kumasi High Court decision that dismissed the marriage certificate she relied on to establish her marital status.
The appeal, filed on December 1, 2025, asks the Court of Appeal to overturn the ruling delivered days earlier by Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur. Akosua Serwaa maintains that the trial court’s conclusions were flawed and unjust, and insists the judgment should not be allowed to stand.
Court documents indicate that her dissatisfaction stems from the High Court’s November 28, 2025, decision, which rejected the evidential value of the marriage certificate she presented during proceedings.
“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 outlining her grounds of appeal, Akosua Serwaa argues that the trial court wrongly concluded that the marriage certificate she submitted could not be admitted as evidence. She further contends that the judge misapplied the law by placing undue emphasis on provisions of the Evidence Act and by preferring the testimony of the defendants over hers.
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“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 legal counsel, William Kusi, is therefore urging the appellate court to nullify the entire decision and rule in her favour.
“That the whole judgment of the High Court be set aside and judgment entered in favour of the Plaintiff,” it added.
The contested ruling, delivered on November 28, 2025, recognised both Akosua Serwaa and Priscilla Ofori, widely known as Odo Broni, as surviving wives of Daddy Lumba.
In the initial suit, Akosua Serwaa had sought a declaration naming her as the sole surviving spouse, along with exclusive widowhood rights. She also asked the court to restrain Odo Broni from presenting herself as Daddy Lumba’s wife or being acknowledged as such by the head of the Ekuona family.
The High Court, however, found that she failed to meet the required burden of proof, citing her inability to produce original copies of her marriage certificate.
Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur held that the materials presented “fell short of Sections 136 and 161,” which required the original certificate from the Bornheim Marriage Registry as well as proper certification from the Ghana Embassy in Germany. What was tendered, the court noted, was only an extract.
Below is the latest suit.
