Odo Broni could face bigamy charges if evidence proves she married Lumba - Lawyer

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ROGUE LAWYER 3 months ago

what an idiot lawyer, how are you going to charge her for bigamy ?
is Odo Broni married to Akosua Serwaa to charge her with Bigamy ?
Akosua Serwaa hold that right to have been dragged Lumba the man Akosua Serwaa claimed sh ...
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what an idiot lawyer, how are you going to charge her for bigamy ?
is Odo Broni married to Akosua Serwaa to charge her with Bigamy ?
Akosua Serwaa hold that right to have been dragged Lumba the man Akosua Serwaa claimed she married to , to court for bigamy not Odo Broni.
you went to court to put injunctions on the Funeral , to prevent the woman Lumba publicly declared as is wife from performing widowhood, stick to those claims.
why question is was your claims granted ?
if not you are misleading the woman.
do you think marriage certificate alone could grant you those rights without performing spouse duty for the 16 years ?
you should be ashamed for yourself
Kweku Ananse 3 months ago

Are u stupid or u just don't understand. Read and get the understanding than displaying your ignorance here.

Are u stupid or u just don't understand. Read and get the understanding than displaying your ignorance here.
Kofi 3 months ago

Why do you have to insult him?

Odo Broni is not married to two partners and therefore cannot be charged with bigamy. It was Lumba who decided to willingly marry another woman even though he was married to Akosua Serwah th ...
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Why do you have to insult him?

Odo Broni is not married to two partners and therefore cannot be charged with bigamy. It was Lumba who decided to willingly marry another woman even though he was married to Akosua Serwah through ordinance.
Sam 3 months ago

You should educate yourself on the the topic b4 you comment. Under our bigamy laws, "Anyone who knowingly facilitates a bigamous marriage, including the second spouse if they were aware of the existing marriage, can be charge ...
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You should educate yourself on the the topic b4 you comment. Under our bigamy laws, "Anyone who knowingly facilitates a bigamous marriage, including the second spouse if they were aware of the existing marriage, can be charged as an accomplice and face the same penalties as the person committing bigamy." The key point here is if they can prove Odo Broni was aware of DL marriage to Akosua or should have been aware, and still legally married DL , she could be charged. If Odo didn't legally marry DL, then there is no issue.
The Spear 3 months ago

Well, prove that she knew he was genuinely married before accepting his offer.

Well, prove that she knew he was genuinely married before accepting his offer.
The Spear 3 months ago

Stupid Ananse! Women don't marry men, and she didn't marry two men.

Stupid Ananse! Women don't marry men, and she didn't marry two men.
Nene O.K 3 months ago

Ohh..., I see. In that case, then Pastor Eric of Agradaa's fame has a fine case. Asiamah knew very well that Agradaa and pastor Eric were legally married, and still went ahead to marry Agradaa. If bigamy is criminal offence i ...
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Ohh..., I see. In that case, then Pastor Eric of Agradaa's fame has a fine case. Asiamah knew very well that Agradaa and pastor Eric were legally married, and still went ahead to marry Agradaa. If bigamy is criminal offence in Ghana here, then imprison Asiamah as well so he'll go to join Agradaa in Nsawam. There they can continue with their love lives.
Gina Abandoh 3 months ago

What really is your point after you ABANDONED your husband for 16 plus years? So effectively the marriage did not exist again. He was bold enough to parade Odo Broni (true love was late in coming), proudly introducing her to ...
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What really is your point after you ABANDONED your husband for 16 plus years? So effectively the marriage did not exist again. He was bold enough to parade Odo Broni (true love was late in coming), proudly introducing her to the whole wide world. Where were you all these 16 years? You did not care a hoot. He even had children with Odo Broni. She stood in when the man needed love most, needed someone to talk to, needed someone to care for him. Odo Broni performed more than a spousal duty. You will be shocked whenever his will is read.
Bitter truth 3 months ago

You are very intelligent madam Gina..Auntie Akosua Serwaa is just a joke and all those supporting her are not intelligent..if not in Ghana, I didn’t know a woman can abandon the husband for more than 16years and still claim ...
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You are very intelligent madam Gina..Auntie Akosua Serwaa is just a joke and all those supporting her are not intelligent..if not in Ghana, I didn’t know a woman can abandon the husband for more than 16years and still claim they are married..hahaha this is so strange..Akosua Serwaa abandoned DL for more than 16 years and now all of a sudden this woman wants to claim like DL is the husband.. is this a joke..Odo Broni is the real wife everyone knows..this should be a lesson to every woman who is married and wicked, don’t abandon your husband and comes later to claim ownership after he is no more..if I was DL, I would have made a will and given 80% of my property to odo broni..Marriage is for better and for worse..if during my worse times, u abandon me, I will also abandon u when u need my properties..Odo Broni should get good lawyers.
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

She abandoned her marriage, and that therefore she ceases to be a spouse of Lumba at the time of his death? That argument is valid only if made when one files for divorce. Since neither Lumba nor Serwaa filed for a dissolutio ...
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She abandoned her marriage, and that therefore she ceases to be a spouse of Lumba at the time of his death? That argument is valid only if made when one files for divorce. Since neither Lumba nor Serwaa filed for a dissolution of marriage at the time of his death, no length of separation can can act as a dissolution of their marriage. And for the lawyer who is making stupid claims that Broni could be charged with bigamy, one wonders whether he actually obtained a law degree. There's no evidence that Broni, at the time she married Lumba in a traditional wedding, was also married to someone else in a civil marriage. The only person that can be charged with bigamy is the person who was married in a civil wedding and, without obtaining a divorce, proceeded to enter into a second marriage. How then can Broni be charged with bigamy since she never entered into a civil marriage and a customary marriage without first obtaining a dissolution of the civil marriage?

Kofi 3 months ago

I am even surprised by the lawyer's statement. Hiw can Odo Broni be charged with bigamy when she is not the one married to more than spouse under ordinance.

All this court brouhaha will not hold if Lumba prepared a Will. ...
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I am even surprised by the lawyer's statement. Hiw can Odo Broni be charged with bigamy when she is not the one married to more than spouse under ordinance.

All this court brouhaha will not hold if Lumba prepared a Will. All these nonsense and property grabbing by anyone be it the wives, family members or friends will only work if Lumba died interstate.
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Kofi, I even doubt if Lumba left behind a will. You'll notice the family lawyer at one point claimed that Lumba left behind 'instructions' on division of his assets. Well, an instruction isn't a will, for the lawyers for the ...
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Kofi, I even doubt if Lumba left behind a will. You'll notice the family lawyer at one point claimed that Lumba left behind 'instructions' on division of his assets. Well, an instruction isn't a will, for the lawyers for the estate would have filed that will in probate court by now if one existed. Furthermore, if a will even exists, the division of assets will be determined by the marital laws of Germany regarding what a spouse is entitled to upon the death of another spouse. In some jurisdictions, spouses can elect to take against the will if they're disinherited or if the portion assign to them if not done in satisfaction of the law. The lesson to be learned by all here is that one should always consult with competent legal counsel when deciding to enter into another marriage when the one is already in a civil marriage, particularly civil marriages carried out in other countries. One should always look before leaping into anything. And looking calls for legal guidance when the one has assets that can spell headaches for survivors if wrong steps are taken. My wish is the both camps in this Lumba case come to a compromise, for that is what will serve both sides best. And compromise calls for understanding the laws as well as coming to the realization that common sense should not be drowned by the law. This case will make a good text book case for Ghana law schools, the collusion between a foreign civil marriage and a domestic customary marriage.
She can be charge for aiding 3 months ago

If they cna prove she is aware do was married

If they cna prove she is aware do was married
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Charged with aiding what?

Charged with aiding what?
Gslow 3 months ago

Did akosua serwaa knew about odo broni during this past 16 years, who did she think odo broni is to lumba, and why didn't she act at the time but now.

Did akosua serwaa knew about odo broni during this past 16 years, who did she think odo broni is to lumba, and why didn't she act at the time but now.
KofSam 3 months ago

Lawyer William Kusi does not know anything.
How could Odo Broni be charged with bigamy ?
If Daddy Lumba married Odo Broni in the traditional way, why change her with bigamy . Our traditional marriage is an acceptable and ...
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Lawyer William Kusi does not know anything.
How could Odo Broni be charged with bigamy ?
If Daddy Lumba married Odo Broni in the traditional way, why change her with bigamy . Our traditional marriage is an acceptable and recognized marriage in the country. Akosua Serwaa declared her intention to divorce her husband by returning the traditional drinks to the family which per our custom signifies the dissolution of the marriage. Based on that tradition divorce orchestrated by Akosua Serwaa, Lumba decided to have Odo Broni as his partner to care for him . Ghanaians must leave Lumba to rest in peace. He was an icon and does not deserve this treatment.
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Criminal charge of bigamy is usually only brought against the person who was still in civil law and then enters into any additional marriages without first obtaining a dissolution of marriage in the civil marriage. In the cas ...
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Criminal charge of bigamy is usually only brought against the person who was still in civil law and then enters into any additional marriages without first obtaining a dissolution of marriage in the civil marriage. In the case of persons like Broni who supposedly were not engaged in multiple marriages, the courts will simply consider her traditional marriage as null and void since she was not in a an active civil marriage at the time she entered into the traditional marriage with Lumba. The bigamy law is intended to punish the person who was engaged in a civil marriage and, without first obtaining a dissolution of that civil marriage, proceeded to enter into another marriage. Bigamy in Ghana does not apply where the person enters into as many customary marriages as they choose to get into.
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Criminal charge of bigamy is usually only brought against the person who was still in a civil law marriage and then enters into any additional marriages without first obtaining a dissolution of marriage in the civil marriage.

Criminal charge of bigamy is usually only brought against the person who was still in a civil law marriage and then enters into any additional marriages without first obtaining a dissolution of marriage in the civil marriage.
SAMPSON 3 months ago

I believe the lawyer may be fake.i dont know anywhere in ghana a woman marries a woman that results a as bigamy. I suggested the lawyer and his client must go wake lumba from his death and take him to court rather than wastin ...
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I believe the lawyer may be fake.i dont know anywhere in ghana a woman marries a woman that results a as bigamy. I suggested the lawyer and his client must go wake lumba from his death and take him to court rather than wasting public ears
SAMPSON 3 months ago

I believe the lawyer may be fake.i dont know anywhere in ghana a woman marries a man that results a as bigamy. I suggested the lawyer and his client must go and bring lumba from his death to life and take him to court rather ...
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I believe the lawyer may be fake.i dont know anywhere in ghana a woman marries a man that results a as bigamy. I suggested the lawyer and his client must go and bring lumba from his death to life and take him to court rather than wasting public ears for calling on the innocent woman

KT 3 months ago

Serwa’s lawyer should read the Germany marriage separation law that applied to foreign nationals. Seperation of 17 years,the letters sent by Serwa’s lawyers, the drinks sent to DL family and the subsequent reply by DL thr ...
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Serwa’s lawyer should read the Germany marriage separation law that applied to foreign nationals. Seperation of 17 years,the letters sent by Serwa’s lawyers, the drinks sent to DL family and the subsequent reply by DL through his lawyers made their marriage dissolve by law either in Ghana or Germany. Since DL was sick and can’t travel and the intent of both parties to dissolve the marriage was clearly defined. Serwa will lose this case, Traditionally the marriage is no more and they’ve been living separate lives. What makes Serwa the wife, been a wife doesn’t mean signing a paper and abundand your responsibility as a wife until payday. Serwa is a disgrace of a woman, who abundanf his husband when he needed him most. Gold digger Serwa.
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Sick and can't travel? Was Lumba not making appearances at various functions and events in Ghana prior to his death? Since when have the German marital laws been changed to provide that when a party is sick and unable to trav ...
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Sick and can't travel? Was Lumba not making appearances at various functions and events in Ghana prior to his death? Since when have the German marital laws been changed to provide that when a party is sick and unable to travel, that constitute is an excuse to end the marriage? While some are faulting Serwaa for not officially filing in court to end the marriage when Lumba was alive, why not also question Lumba's reason for not filing in a court in Ghana to end that marriage if he had knowledge from for quite some time that Serwaa was seeking an end to marriage? If you agree that civil marriages in Germany can only be dissolved through the courts, and that there never was any order of dissolution of marriage entered by any court regarding their marriage, why would Serwaa not be a legal spouse at the time of Lumba's death? Sending drinks to one's family means nothing when the the parties are in a civil marriage until a court of law has entered a final order of dissolution of marriage. Nor do any number of years of separation have any effect on the marriage if there never was any court filing to end the marriage. The issues that you raise are only meaningful when addressing the court on why one is seeking an end to the marriage.
Kofi 3 months ago

People seem to forget that the law and it's interpretation doesn't care about emotions and popular/public opinions.

If the documents were not signed, it would be very hard to prove beyond reasonable doubt that there were ...
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People seem to forget that the law and it's interpretation doesn't care about emotions and popular/public opinions.

If the documents were not signed, it would be very hard to prove beyond reasonable doubt that there were any intentions of dissolving the marriage.

Things will hard, but if Lumba did not die interstate, property distribution would indicate who his true love was or what his intentions were
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Very true. Even if there was an intention of the parties to dissolve their marriage, the fact that no formal filing in court was carried out and no final order of dissolution of marriage was ever entered by a court, the parti ...
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Very true. Even if there was an intention of the parties to dissolve their marriage, the fact that no formal filing in court was carried out and no final order of dissolution of marriage was ever entered by a court, the parties in the civil marriage were full-fledged spouses at the time of the death of Lumba, leaving the surviving spouse, Serwaa, with full marital rights. Even if a dissolution of marriage was filed in court and then Lumba died before the parties could have a hearing, Serwaa still remained the surviving spouse with her full marital rights. Without a an final order of dissolution of marriage entered by a Judge, that civil marriage remain in full force, and the only a Probate Court can then handle the rights of the all persons with interest in the estate, including the surviving spouse and children. The rights of the survivors will then be depend on whether a will exists or Lumba died without a will.
TRUTH 3 months ago

Is this a lawyer???

Is this a lawyer???
Ampadu 3 months ago

Wait. So a mere paper signed in court is more important than humanitarian work? The man found peace with the mother of 6 while the supposedly legal wife was not even heard of by some of us until DL died? Where is traditional ...
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Wait. So a mere paper signed in court is more important than humanitarian work? The man found peace with the mother of 6 while the supposedly legal wife was not even heard of by some of us until DL died? Where is traditional marriage standing here? Do we need to keep performing traditional marriages if it holds no place in the modern society? Must everything be the western way? Let's also apply some common sense here. All because it's Payday we are washing our dirty linen in public? Come on y'all...
Bitter truth 3 months ago

Well said bro..u are very wise..this stomach lawyer is very stupid..traditional marriage is also part of our Ghanaian marriage and should be regarded..so my question is, just because a woman signed a piece of paper with u at ...
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Well said bro..u are very wise..this stomach lawyer is very stupid..traditional marriage is also part of our Ghanaian marriage and should be regarded..so my question is, just because a woman signed a piece of paper with u at the court, that woman can abandon u and later appear from nowhere and be fighting over your property? Hahaha then men of these days should stop signing a piece of paper at the court during marriages because it’s only benefit the women..every man needs odo Broni in their lives..Auntie Akosua Serwaa if she wanted to save all this headache would have come to take care of Lumba When he was sick in Ghana..Akosua Serwaa decided to stay in Germany whiles Lumba was sick and now wants to claim that she should be regarded as the only wife..come on, DL will not be happy with this
Bitter truth 3 months ago

Odo Broni is the kind of woman every man needs..who is this stupid lawyer to think of bigamy..under Ghanaian laws, there is nothing against polygamy..to me, odo Broni is the real wife..am a married man and I will choose odo B ...
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Odo Broni is the kind of woman every man needs..who is this stupid lawyer to think of bigamy..under Ghanaian laws, there is nothing against polygamy..to me, odo Broni is the real wife..am a married man and I will choose odo Broni over a court wife who will abandon you in your sickness..Daddy Lumba is proud of odo Broni..
Prince 3 months ago

Nicely, interesting days are ahead. It will be great to define/explain marriage, marriage responsibilities, considering that laws are promulgated based on the belief systems of people and common sense. What does it mean to sa ...
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Nicely, interesting days are ahead. It will be great to define/explain marriage, marriage responsibilities, considering that laws are promulgated based on the belief systems of people and common sense. What does it mean to say for better, for worse?
Dan 3 months ago

When you leave your husband for years, isn't it divorce.... Where was the wife when Lumba was sick for years...Useless laws

When you leave your husband for years, isn't it divorce.... Where was the wife when Lumba was sick for years...Useless laws

Kofi 3 months ago

Saddly, it's separation in the eyes of the law. Customary marriage would consider it divorce to a large extent

Saddly, it's separation in the eyes of the law. Customary marriage would consider it divorce to a large extent
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Very well said. That sums up the issue in this case. Since the civil marriage preceded the customary marriage, any customary marriage procedures, performances or requirements have no bearing on the civil marriage. The parties ...
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Very well said. That sums up the issue in this case. Since the civil marriage preceded the customary marriage, any customary marriage procedures, performances or requirements have no bearing on the civil marriage. The parties in a civil marriage can be separated for decades, but if no final order of dissolution is entered by a court, that marriage of the separated couple has the same legal force as as civil-wedded couple still residing together. One would think that in this day and age when Ghana has the ability to document events, that customary marriages will also be be documented to preserve the time of marriage as well as the the time when those marriages terminate. There ought to be a section in the civil marriage offices that will also deal with the registration of traditional marriages.
Mohammed Tolon. 3 months ago

Was it Akosua Serwah who circumsised Daddy Lumba? How I wish the state abolish this whiteman's law in Ghana. Our customs are there with the chiefs as custodians why didn't she go to the chief's palace to seek redress since sh ...
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Was it Akosua Serwah who circumsised Daddy Lumba? How I wish the state abolish this whiteman's law in Ghana. Our customs are there with the chiefs as custodians why didn't she go to the chief's palace to seek redress since she's fighting for a customary rite. Is Germany Ghana where you claimed to had married in a law court but now seeking redress in a Ghanaian court over a customary rite and somebody here is defending him. Till we shun these stupid terms called 'bigamy' and return to our roots we will continue to be stooges in the hands of these wicked women and their whiteman lawyers. Only a wicked person will criminalise somenody's widow for accepting a proposal from a 'distant-so-called-wifes' husband to the extend of charging her. Please Ghanaweb give us some cartoons to arouse us than these insensitive news.
Mohammed Tolon. 3 months ago

amuse us than these insensitive news.

amuse us than these insensitive news.
JULOR CAESAR 3 months ago

Oh that bigamy. it's the name of a real person. It's the name of a lady called Big Amy, and she had a big old butt, and everyone just referred to her as bigamy. Big Amy had a husband called Poly Gamy, and he was busier than a ...
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Oh that bigamy. it's the name of a real person. It's the name of a lady called Big Amy, and she had a big old butt, and everyone just referred to her as bigamy. Big Amy had a husband called Poly Gamy, and he was busier than a busy bee, for he loved to pollinate many flowers, aka women. In addition to his wife Big Amy, Poly Gamy was known to have six wives living with him under the same roof. I'm told Poly Gamy eventually ran out of steam long before his old age, having been drained by the very women that he was supposed to be pollinating.
Yaw 3 months ago

Bogus lawyer !

Bogus lawyer !
Ghanaba 3 months ago

Nonsense. Has she married 2 people? Gyimmieee saaa.

Nonsense. Has she married 2 people? Gyimmieee saaa.
Charles 3 months ago

In which law court would that take place?
First class NS3MHUNU

In which law court would that take place?
First class NS3MHUNU
Harmony 3 months ago

Law is about facts and not about morality

Law is about facts and not about morality
Christopher Ang-Nieten Dassah 3 months ago

Since when did Serwaa got to know that daddy Lumba is her husband? You were chilling in abroad while Daddy Lumba was in Ghana! So your prayers all along was for him to die so that you will come and fig youht for his property, ...
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Since when did Serwaa got to know that daddy Lumba is her husband? You were chilling in abroad while Daddy Lumba was in Ghana! So your prayers all along was for him to die so that you will come and fig youht for his property, abi? It is behavior like this that is making people not to like marriage! You go and pick some one and her prayers are for you to die!!!!!
Osei Bonsu 3 months ago

This lawyer is funny. Its only lumba you can sue for bigamy. Odo broni can only ve sued as an accomplice. But from all indicators, the main accused is dead. So the case is dead on arrival. Separation of more than 2 years mean ...
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This lawyer is funny. Its only lumba you can sue for bigamy. Odo broni can only ve sued as an accomplice. But from all indicators, the main accused is dead. So the case is dead on arrival. Separation of more than 2 years means automatic divorce. So Akosia Serwaa has no case.
Rob 3 months ago

Akosua Serwah’s marriage with DL in Germany was just to help DL get a Dutch passport to travel abroad freely.
In fact DL helped her to do marriage of convenience with a white man and paid for to get a Dutch Passport when t ...
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Akosua Serwah’s marriage with DL in Germany was just to help DL get a Dutch passport to travel abroad freely.
In fact DL helped her to do marriage of convenience with a white man and paid for to get a Dutch Passport when they were married officially in Ghana customarily and living together in Germany. She was married with the white man by ordinance during the time she and DL had their children. Akosua Serwah is just using the marriage for German papers she did with DL to make noise. Deep inside her, her family and friends and her Children, she was no longer married to DL. If there’s someone to be Charged for Bigamy then it’s Akosua Serwah for marrying two men at the same time.
Ndc and Npp 3 months ago

Gya gyimie lawyer kusi
You talk as if you are the judge

Gya gyimie lawyer kusi
You talk as if you are the judge
james A 3 months ago

AND WHO IS GOING TO CHARGE HER. NONSENSE.

AND WHO IS GOING TO CHARGE HER. NONSENSE.
Kwame alhaji 3 months ago

Akurasi lawyer!! was it Lumba who went for her or she went for him? Gyimii nkoaa .

Akurasi lawyer!! was it Lumba who went for her or she went for him? Gyimii nkoaa .
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Ghana ba 3 months ago

A person, whether man or woman, who knowingly consents or agrees to be married to another already bound in lawful wedlock is guilty as an accomplice in the crime of bigamy (Santiago vs. People, G.R. No. 200233, 15 July 2015). ...
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A person, whether man or woman, who knowingly consents or agrees to be married to another already bound in lawful wedlock is guilty as an accomplice in the crime of bigamy (Santiago vs. People, G.R. No. 200233, 15 July 2015). Since the second spouse is merely an accomplice, the punishment is one degree lower or prison correctional equivalent to imprisonment with a duration of six months and 1 day to six years.
IQ 3 months ago

Did Lumba, leave a "will" behind ?. All these legal battles and controvercies involving the families, could simply be resolved by a "legitimate will", prepared by the deceased, before his/her demise.

Did Lumba, leave a "will" behind ?. All these legal battles and controvercies involving the families, could simply be resolved by a "legitimate will", prepared by the deceased, before his/her demise.
K.B 3 months ago

Where was he when Lumba was she alive.

Where was he when Lumba was she alive.
Kusi 3 months ago

This is lawyer is stupid

Is she the one who went to marry Lumba or the way round

Why didn't your client sue Lumba?

This is lawyer is stupid

Is she the one who went to marry Lumba or the way round

Why didn't your client sue Lumba?
KWESI AFRIFA, EJISU DEHYE3 BAAKO P3 3 months ago

I told you this Kumasi Lawyer is bomb, W'abom ankasa. Where did this Akosua Serwaa lawyer go to school? How can he tell Ghanaians that Odo Broni could face bigamy charges if it is proven that she married Lumba? Will someone t ...
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I told you this Kumasi Lawyer is bomb, W'abom ankasa. Where did this Akosua Serwaa lawyer go to school? How can he tell Ghanaians that Odo Broni could face bigamy charges if it is proven that she married Lumba? Will someone tell him to stop deceiving the public and go back to law school. Dear Kumasi lawyer, No, Odo broni cannot be charged with bigamy, but the deceased man, Lumba could have been guilty of bigamy. Bigamy is the crime of a person who is already married entering into a second marriage. As the man has passed away, he committed bigamy, but the legal proceedings are no longer relevant, he is dead and nobody can be charged with bigamy. The woman Odo broni could, however, have faced charges as an accomplice or for aiding and abetting bigamy if Lumba were still alive. But bigamy charges against Lumba if he was alive is still contestable if it can be proven that Akosua Serwaa and Lumba had nothing to do as husband and wife for 16 years.

On the other hand it can be proven that Lumba did not hide Odo Broni as his partner/wife He actually stood on public platforms and showed publicly his love for Broni. Moreso when Akosua Serwaaa deserted Lumba for 16years, making nonsensense of Lumba's conjugal rights (not sexual by the way) but the right to a spouse's company and companionship as well as the right to live together. Accordingly Akosua Serwaa repudiated her marital duties even when Lumba was sick frail and dying. SO THERE WAS NO MARRIAGE BETWEEN SERWAA AND LUMBA AND NO WIFE IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC FOR 16YEARS THAT LUMBA LIVED WHICH IS ACCEPTABLE BY LAW
JULOR CAESAR 2 months ago

Unfortunately, the case will not be decided based on what the public perceives, but rather on whether Lumba and Serwaa were still in their civil marriage at the time of his death. Without a formal order in a court dissolving ...
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Unfortunately, the case will not be decided based on what the public perceives, but rather on whether Lumba and Serwaa were still in their civil marriage at the time of his death. Without a formal order in a court dissolving the marriage, the parties were still man and wife at the time of Lumba's death regardless how long they had been separated.

From reports from others about the marriages of Lumba, if Serwaa and Lumba had been in a customary marriage prior to their civil marriage in Germany, then that civil marriage will likely be viewed by a court being null and void. For one can't enter into a civil marriage without first ending the customary marriage they had entered into. The fact that Serwaa eventually sent drinks to Ghana to have the customary marriage ended still may have no effect if that had not been done before the civil marriage was entered into. Broni's lawyers should look into the when, if there ever was one, the customary marriage and civil marriage between Serwaa and Lumba took place. Those dates can determine which of the two women had a valid marriage at the time of Lumba's death. Serwaa may be waving a German civil marriage to prove that she's the legally married surviving spouse, but a deeper investigation into a possible prior customary marriage before entering to the civil marriage could derail her case. If at the time serwaa sent her drinks to dissolve her customary marriage she still was in her civil marriage, then it follows that she never obtained an end to her customary marriage before entering into her civil marriage. This is a messed up case, given that Ghana's customary marriages are never recorded to provide official dates of marriage and date that customary performances took place to end those customary marriages.
Lance 3 months ago

Stupid talk. Why didn't the so called wife sue daddy lumba for the bigamy while he was alive. The serwaa woman is a big disgrace.

Stupid talk. Why didn't the so called wife sue daddy lumba for the bigamy while he was alive. The serwaa woman is a big disgrace.
Nana Akwasi Baafi (USA) 3 months ago

Let's respect the law of the land and also protect our marriages in Ghana. This is a good case study for men who does not respect marriages and also who treats women anyhow, especially men abroad who just neglect their Wifes ...
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Let's respect the law of the land and also protect our marriages in Ghana. This is a good case study for men who does not respect marriages and also who treats women anyhow, especially men abroad who just neglect their Wifes abroad and do what they want in Ghana. You have to always consider the legalities in marriage not your emotions. This is a good case study not about Akosua Serwaa or Odo broni.
koko 3 months ago

sad

sad
Osonoba 2 months ago

No wonder Akosua Serwaa went far than expected to disgrace, the talk of bigamy against Odo Broni been married to Lumba, in Akan tradition a man and a woman who marrys who? why don't he think of going after the man who married ...
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No wonder Akosua Serwaa went far than expected to disgrace, the talk of bigamy against Odo Broni been married to Lumba, in Akan tradition a man and a woman who marrys who? why don't he think of going after the man who married the young woman?
KofSam 2 months ago

Lawyer William Kusi does not know anything.
How could Odo Broni be charged with bigamy ?
If Daddy Lumba married Odo Broni in the traditional way, why change her with bigamy . Our traditional marriage is an acceptable and ...
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Lawyer William Kusi does not know anything.
How could Odo Broni be charged with bigamy ?
If Daddy Lumba married Odo Broni in the traditional way, why change her with bigamy . Our traditional marriage is an acceptable and recognized marriage in the country. Akosua Serwaa declared her intention to divorce her husband by returning the traditional drinks to the family which per our custom signifies the dissolution of the marriage. Based on that tradition divorce orchestrated by Akosua Serwaa, Lumba decided to have Odo Broni as his partner to care for him . Ghanaians must leave Lumba to rest in peace. He was an icon and does not deserve this treatment.

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Odo Broni could face bigamy charges if evidence proves she married Lumba - Lawyer

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