Sheila Acheampong, commonly known as Xhelia, a Ghanaian Musician and daughter of the Highlife legend Nana Acheampong, has weighed in on the brouhaha surrounding Daddy Lumba’s final funeral rites.
According to Xhelia, her dad, Nana Acheampong, will take lessons from the ongoing legal battles over Daddy Lumba’s final funeral rights.
She explained that, having watched the legal dispute, she has resolved to be financially independent and not be entirely dependent on inherited assets.
Speaking on Okay FM, Xhelia stated, “The mistakes of the dead are a lesson to the living, and I know my father is a wise and knowledgeable man; he will take a clue from this”.
“I will try to be independent, so when the unexpected comes, I will not be too dependent on his properties … I can fend for myself. … If anything happens and someone takes all for himself or herself … I have my own,” she said.
Her comments come following Akosua Serwaa Fosuh, the wife of the late Daddy Lumba, seeking a court injunction to halt the funeral, demanding recognition as the sole legal widow and the right to perform traditional rites.
According to court documents, her legal team is contesting the legitimacy of the arrangements, arguing that they were made without her knowledge, consent, or involvement.
“PRAYING this Honourable Court for an Order restraining the Defendants, their agents, assigns, workmen, etc., from either collecting the body of the late CHARLES KWADWO FOSU a.k.a. DADDY LUMBA from the morgue and performing the burial and final funeral rites of the deceased, upon the grounds set out in the accompanying Affidavit,” the writ stated.
However, the Lawyers for the Fosu Royal Family of Parkoso and Nsuta have told Akosua Serwah that Daddy Lumba’s family only recognises Priscilla Ofori, also known as Odo Broni, as the wife of the musician.
According to the lawyers, Akosua Serwaa refused to relocate to Ghana some 15 years with Daddy Lumba for medical treatment.
The Lawyers further revealed that Akosua Serwaa wrote to Daddy Lumba of her intentions to initiate a divorce, and even presented Lumba’s drinks to his family, signifying the dissolution of their marriage.
The Legal team representing the Fosu Royal Family of Parkoso and Nsuta in their response to a complaint of Akusoa Serwaa wrote, “Our instructions are that your client, Akusua Serwah Fosuh of Germany, refused to relocate with her then husband, Daddy Lumba, to Ghana for medical help when the latter was seriously ill some 15 years ago and therefore deserted him in his difficult time of need”,
“Your client, on 4th February, 20 18 wrote to the late Daddy Lumba expressing her intentions to initiate divorce proceedings against him, raising many unfounded allegations which the late Daddy Lumba denied. In a letter dated 27th February, 2018, the then Lawyers for the late Daddy Lumba responded to the letter and called the bluff of your client to proceed with her threats to initiate divorce proceedings since he had moved on with his life after her desertion”.
The lawyers further detailed that Akosua Serwaa presented Lumba’s drinks to his family, signifying the dissolution of their marriage.
“By the traditions of the Akans generally and the Fosu Royal family in particular, which we have no doubt you are familiar with, the presentation of drinks by a wife to the family of the husband when accepted effectively dissolves the marriage between the two”.
The lawyers further revealed that the Fosu family only recognises Odo Broni as the wife of Daddy Lumba and not Akosua Serwah.
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