By Joyce Danso, GNA
Accra, Dec. 12, GNA – An Accra High Court has reviewed its earlier orders to Transition Funeral Home regarding the release of the body of musician Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba.
The court directed the applicants to pay GHC 2 million by 2:00 p.m. on December 12, 2025.
It further ordered that if the applicants were unable to raise the amount, Transition Funeral Home should release the body for burial rites on December 13, 2025.
Lawyers for the applicants said raising the amount within hours would be difficult and urged the court to maintain its earlier ruling.
They argued that varying orders could create wrong impressions.
Respondents’ lawyers said they had invited dignitaries and would incur significant costs and therefore pleaded with the court to issue a directive to Transition Funeral Home if the conditions were not met.
On December 12, 2025, the High Court had restrained Transition Funeral Home from releasing the body, halting the burial scheduled for December 13, 2025.
The court ordered Mr. Kofi Owusu, Head of the Ekuona Family, to convene a meeting involving the deceased’s children, wives, the entire family and the immediate maternal family.
Parties were also directed to sign an undertaking within five days at the Court Registry to share costs incurred due to the injunction.
Mr. Owusu was further instructed to separate funds raised during the one‑week observance from loans contracted for the burial.
The court held that triable issues had been raised in the application for interim injunction and noted from the affidavit that the immediate maternal family appeared to have been sidelined.
The applicants are Obaapayin Afia Adomah of Pakoso‑Kumasi, Robert Gyamfi (Wofa Yaw Poku) of Asuofia‑Kumasi, Georgina Gyamfi of Esreso‑Kumasi, Ernestina Fosuh of Bomso‑Kumasi and Nana Afia Kobi.
They were represented by Mr. Thomas Tsenkoran Eshun.
The defendants are Kofi Owusu of Abuakwa‑Kumasi, Cal Bank Headquarters, Accra, and Transition Funeral Home.
The plaintiffs averred that Mr. Owusu, as Head of the Ekuona Family, failed to officially inform their Chief Mourner of Daddy Lumba’s passing in accordance with Akan custom.
They said the late musician was a prominent member of the immediate maternal family.
Daddy Lumba died on July 26, 2025, after which disputes arose over who qualified to perform spousal rites.
The plaintiffs subsequently sought an interim injunction restraining Transition Funeral Home from releasing the body for burial at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on December 13, 2025.
They also called for police investigations due to various narratives surrounding the musician’s death. Police inquiries have since begun, with statements taken.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Sackey