Captain Smart (L) insists nobody can stop Daddy Lumba’s funeral in December
Media personality Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, has stated that nothing will stop the funeral of the late highlife legend Daddy Lumba from taking place as planned on December 6, 2025.
Speaking on his Onua Maakye show on October 10, 2025, Captain Smart dismissed reports that a court injunction filed by Lumba’s wife, Akosua Serwaa, could halt the ceremony. He insisted that the funeral would proceed as scheduled.
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“Daddy Lumba’s funeral will be held on December 6. No one can stop the funeral from happening,” he said during an interview with comic actors Jeffery Nortey, Aka Ebenezer, and Opoku Bilson.
The Media General broadcaster went further to challenge any court officer or bailiff who might attempt to enforce the injunction on the day of the funeral.
Captain Smart maintained that the presence of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the ceremony would make it impossible for anyone to interfere with the proceedings.
“If you are a bailiff and you see Otumfuo sitting under his palanquin at the funeral, bring the court injunction. Bring it there. We will be waiting for you,” he stated.
Daddy Lumba’s funeral planning committee responds to Akosua Serwaa
On October 8, 2025, the family of the highlife legend, who died on July 26, 2025, at the age of 60, announced that his final funeral rites would be held on December 6 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
The coordinator of Lumba’s funeral planning committee and former Manhyia North MP, Collins Owusu Amankwah, shared the burial arrangements and detailed activities for the ceremony.
However, after the announcement, reports emerged that Akosua Serwaa had secured a court injunction against the family head, Kofi Owusu, Transitions Funeral Home, and Odo Broni.
In a statement shared on social media, Akosua Serwaa said she had been excluded from all funeral preparations and described learning about her husband’s burial date on social media as “disrespectful and distressing.”
Court documents that surfaced on October 9, 2025, confirmed that she is seeking to prevent the funeral from going ahead until the court rules on her concerns regarding her position as the legitimate widow of the late musician.
@onuaonline “No one can stop Daddy Lumba’s funeral rites from taking place on December 6” — Captain Smart. #OnuaMaakye
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