Daddy Lumba’s maternal family moves to block release of late singer’s body

The drama over the final funeral rites of the late highlife icon, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, continues as another suit has been filed to prevent the funeral from happening.

According to a report by citinewsroom.com, five individuals who say they are the immediate maternal principal family members of the late highlife icon have filed a suit at the High Court in Accra to prevent his mortal remains from being released for the funeral.

The report stated that the plaintiffs are Obaapanyin Afia Adomah Pakoso, Robert Gyamfi, also known as Wofa Yaw Poku Asuafua, Georgina Gyamfi, Ernestina Fosuh, and Nana Afia Kobi Pakoso, all residents of Kumasi.

The case is against one Kofi Owusu, Abuakwa of Kumasi, the 1st defendant; CAL Bank Ghana, the 2nd defendant; and Transitions Funeral Home in Accra, the 3rd defendant.

The five plaintiffs want the court “to order the third defendant, Transitions Funeral Home, to withhold the body of Daddy Lumba from any person or group unless approved by them.”

They have also asked the court to restrain Kofi Owusu Abuakwa, who is the family head (Abusuapanyin) of Daddy Lumba’s family, and members of the funeral committee that have been supposedly dissolved from the Daddy Lumba Memorial Foundation account held at CAL Bank.

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They also asked the court to prevent CAL Bank from “honouring any cheques presented by the first defendant or under his authority in relation to the foundation’s funeral account.”

The plaintiffs further sought that the court compel the bank to remove existing signatories to the account and replace them with signatories from a newly constituted committee to be appointed by the head of Daddy Lumba’s immediate family.

They also asked the court to issue a perpetual injunction barring the defendants, their agents, or anyone acting on their behalf from taking any action related to the final funeral rites of the late Daddy Lumba.

BAI

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