Six key revelations from Fosu family's letter on Lumba's marriage and funeral dispute

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• Kk Raster 2 months ago

  I heard Abusuapanin saying he has dane his search and found out that Daddy has married Odo Broni. If what he is saying is true my question is how come he was not aware of that marriage. Who were present in terms of spouses f ...
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  I heard Abusuapanin saying he has dane his search and found out that Daddy has married Odo Broni. If what he is saying is true my question is how come he was not aware of that marriage. Who were present in terms of spouses family. And was traditional or ordinance marriage.

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• Big Ben 1 month ago

  I agree with you, KK. (1) Where did Lumba and Odo Broni get married--in Ghana or abroad? (2) Do they have a marriage certificate or was it traditional?
  But, to me, (3) Is it true that Kosua Serwaa "presented drinks" to dis ...
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  I agree with you, KK. (1) Where did Lumba and Odo Broni get married--in Ghana or abroad? (2) Do they have a marriage certificate or was it traditional?
  But, to me, (3) Is it true that Kosua Serwaa "presented drinks" to dissolve the marriage, while she and Lumba married in a German court? African men, please take some serious NOTE of this.

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• Interesting 1 month ago

  Oh lord! This layer is reaching... The lawyer and the family are a joke. How can an ordinance marriage be dissolved through customary means? The law is law...even separation from the other party is not the same as divorce.
  
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  Oh lord! This layer is reaching... The lawyer and the family are a joke. How can an ordinance marriage be dissolved through customary means? The law is law...even separation from the other party is not the same as divorce.
  
  Per the laws, any marriage after an ordinance marriage without going therough the courts to divorce is invalid/void. Now don't tell me because their marriage was conducted in Germany, Ghana laws would be superior to the laws of Ghana.... The second lady and the family stand a chance of losing this.

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• kofi 1 month ago

  If the ordinance marriage was done in Germany and not registered in GH it cant be recognized by laws of GH. Such marriage is only valid in Germany.
  
  GH law can only recognize the traditional marriage which according to the ...
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  If the ordinance marriage was done in Germany and not registered in GH it cant be recognized by laws of GH. Such marriage is only valid in Germany.
  
  GH law can only recognize the traditional marriage which according to the family has been dissolved by her presenting drinks.

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• Not true o 1 month ago

  You don't just get up and marry in Germany. You must prove that you aren't married in Ghana or anywhere else, if you hold ghanaian citizenship at the time. In fact, the embassy will do investigation in your family on this. Th ...
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  You don't just get up and marry in Germany. You must prove that you aren't married in Ghana or anywhere else, if you hold ghanaian citizenship at the time. In fact, the embassy will do investigation in your family on this. This simply means, it is recognized in both countries.

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• JULOR CAESAR 1 month ago

  Really. Drinks and customary performances can't dissolve a civil marriage that took place in Germany. Even civil marriages in Ghana can only be dissolved through the courts and not by some persons sitting in house and pouring ...
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  Really. Drinks and customary performances can't dissolve a civil marriage that took place in Germany. Even civil marriages in Ghana can only be dissolved through the courts and not by some persons sitting in house and pouring drinks.

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• red cock 1 month ago

  Ordinance Marriage is the same everywhere and even in Ghana it applies.The divorce can take place using the German law here in our courts if they so choose but its always sensible to divorce where the marriage took place and ...
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  Ordinance Marriage is the same everywhere and even in Ghana it applies.The divorce can take place using the German law here in our courts if they so choose but its always sensible to divorce where the marriage took place and that did not happen.

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• Paa Pee 1 month ago

  To be seperated from your husband for 15years is no marriage under any law.

  To be seperated from your husband for 15years is no marriage under any law.

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• re: 1 month ago

  What is your definition of separation? She will tell the court that not you.

  What is your definition of separation? She will tell the court that not you.

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• JULOR CAESAR 1 month ago

  Which law are you basing your argument on? Civil marriages are not the same as Ghana's customary marriages that some spouses can play games with by merely walking away from them. A civil marriage that has not been dissolved i ...
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  Which law are you basing your argument on? Civil marriages are not the same as Ghana's customary marriages that some spouses can play games with by merely walking away from them. A civil marriage that has not been dissolved in a court of law remains a valid marriage between the parties no matter how long they've been separated from each other. Your argument sound like the empty noise those Nsuta lawyers are making, and they even claim Lumba left behind instructions for division of his assets. These are supposed to be lawyers, so why aren't referencing a the existence of a will if indeed there ever was one instead of the claim of 'instructions left behind'?

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• Truth Table 1 month ago

  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;..
  ............John 11:25

  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;..
  ............John 11:25

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• Yaw 1 month ago

  I sympathise and respect both wives and pray they resolve this issue amicably. If Lumba's family succeed in obtaining a favourable judgement confirming the dissolution of the marriage (customary), they can file for divorce u ...
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  I sympathise and respect both wives and pray they resolve this issue amicably. If Lumba's family succeed in obtaining a favourable judgement confirming the dissolution of the marriage (customary), they can file for divorce under German law for the ordinance posthumously and this will be recognised retroactively. Check the German law on foreign marriages and divorces and you will understand my point. I am out, no pro-bono !

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• re: 1 month ago

  There are no such thing as both wives under ordinance marriage.

  There are no such thing as both wives under ordinance marriage.

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• Why is this even happening? 1 month ago

  I encourage both women to come together and fight against anyone bringing up these issues. It may open up a can of worms that will only tarnish the reputation of DL and destroy his fame. They shouldn't allow this for the sake ...
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  I encourage both women to come together and fight against anyone bringing up these issues. It may open up a can of worms that will only tarnish the reputation of DL and destroy his fame. They shouldn't allow this for the sake of his children. Without Theresa, Akosua Serwaah couldn't have met DL and without Akosua Serwaah, DL perhaps couldn't have become who he was, to end up with Odo broni

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• otumfuo 1 month ago

  the lawyer representing the family i am sure came last in his class. Lumba knew the implications of divorce that is why he nver attempted it. In the law Akosua is his only wife. as for odo broni's children they are covered

  the lawyer representing the family i am sure came last in his class. Lumba knew the implications of divorce that is why he nver attempted it. In the law Akosua is his only wife. as for odo broni's children they are covered

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• 3tw3 ba 1 month ago

  You call yourself Otumfuo? Have some respect. Odwan

  You call yourself Otumfuo? Have some respect. Odwan

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• If DL didn't divorce her, who the heck are his lawyers to dissolve their marriage? 1 month ago

  With all the accusations, from abandonment to traditional drinks, DL didn't dissolve their marriage. His useless lawyers failed to advise him to do the needful. Ignorant lawyers displaying their shallowness that, 'intentional ...
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  With all the accusations, from abandonment to traditional drinks, DL didn't dissolve their marriage. His useless lawyers failed to advise him to do the needful. Ignorant lawyers displaying their shallowness that, 'intentional' to dissolve a marriage isn't same as marriage dissolution. Calling the bluff and still keeping marriage without dissolution is the ignorant handwork of his lawyers. They're sheepishly hiding the fact that DL was benefitting from the marriage till death. Why are they hiding medications she used to send to him? What about abusuapanyin public statements that he wasn't aware of any other marriage except that of Akosua Serwaah? These lawyers are rather making matters worse

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• JULOR CAESAR 1 month ago

  These lawyers fail to recognize that marriage isn't property that can be abandoned . The parties can be separated for decades, but without a legal dissolution of that marriage, the parties are still full-fledged husband and w ...
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  These lawyers fail to recognize that marriage isn't property that can be abandoned . The parties can be separated for decades, but without a legal dissolution of that marriage, the parties are still full-fledged husband and wife. One spouse may have requested a dissolution of marriage, but since no legal dissolution was ever granted by any court, the parties remained married by the date of the passing away of Lumba. These lawyers are making lame arguments to deny Serwaa of her marital rights, and the courts will likely laugh at their arguments. Simple claims are not what will determine the outcome of this case.

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• Ghanaba 1 month ago

  Ghanaians and nkonkonsa nkwasiadee. Law firms and lawyers have all turned into nkonkonsa people and writing no sense.

  Ghanaians and nkonkonsa nkwasiadee. Law firms and lawyers have all turned into nkonkonsa people and writing no sense.

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• Bitter truth 1 month ago

  Honestly I didn’t want to talk about this issue because it’s complicated but if I was in the shoes of daddy lumba, I would have given 80% of my properties to Odo Broni..to me as a married man, odo Broni is the real wife a ...
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  Honestly I didn’t want to talk about this issue because it’s complicated but if I was in the shoes of daddy lumba, I would have given 80% of my properties to Odo Broni..to me as a married man, odo Broni is the real wife and not someone who is staying far away and claiming to be wife just because of a piece of paper shit..I was talking to my wife and I told her this and she was so angry that she ended the call..I said yes, if I was daddy lumba, I would have given 80% of my properties to odo Broni..u have been staying away from your husband for more than 15 years and u still call that marriage? Even if odo Broni was a side chick, she demonstrated that she cared about lumba..u left your husband for someone to take care of him for 18 good years during his sickness and u now appear from nowhere to be claiming as a wife? Daddy lumba is genius and I know he is not going to disappoint odo Broni..odo Broni deserves fair share of everything DL has..

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• Bitter truth 1 month ago

  U know this whole court marriages is not helping our African society because the women are becoming wicked and selfish..how could u stay away from your husband during his sickness in the name of taking care of kids in Germany ...
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  U know this whole court marriages is not helping our African society because the women are becoming wicked and selfish..how could u stay away from your husband during his sickness in the name of taking care of kids in Germany..lumba is not just an ordinary person, by Ghanaian standards, DL is a well to do successful musical icon..why couldn’t the first wife relocate the kids to Ghana in order to take care of Lumba..honestly the first wife is a joke..I respect her but she is just not being logically..If I was DL, 80% of my properties would have been willed to Odo Broni..she is the real woman..if a side chick could stay with me and take care of him for 18 good years of sickness and u think just because u are a wife so u could just show up and claim everything after his death, then u are a joke..for 18 good years, u were okay for her to be taking care of your sick husband? Come on..this court marriages is not good for Ghanaian society if a woman could just come from nowhere to be claiming property just because of marriage in court..odo Broni o s the real wifey who cared about lumba

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• red cock 1 month ago

  In the local parlance a woman cannot submit drinks to dissolve marriage, its null and void and mind you this is marriage under the ordinance in Germany so how do you dissolve it halfway in Ghana.Which family members accompani ...
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  In the local parlance a woman cannot submit drinks to dissolve marriage, its null and void and mind you this is marriage under the ordinance in Germany so how do you dissolve it halfway in Ghana.Which family members accompanied her to present the drinks?.Bullshit!!!!!

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• JULOR CAESAR 1 month ago

  Serwaa could not have filed a dissolution of marriage in any Ghana court since she has always been domiciled in Germany and as such would have have to file in a German court. Only Lumba could have filed for a dissolution in G ...
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  Serwaa could not have filed a dissolution of marriage in any Ghana court since she has always been domiciled in Germany and as such would have have to file in a German court. Only Lumba could have filed for a dissolution in Ghana since he was domiciled in Ghana, and he also could have filed in Germany since Serwaa was still domiciled in Germany, but he apparently did not do so at the time of his death. And yes, Lumba could have filed for dissolution of marriage in Ghana because Ghana recognizes civil marriages that take place in Germany, and that recognition allows a person who, though married in Germany, to initiate a dissolution of marriage in a Ghana court provided that person meets the requirement of physical presence or residency in Ghana.

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