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AKOSUA SERWAAH FOSUH
V.
ABUSUA-PANIN KOFI OWUSU & 2 ORS.

(2025) JELR 114517 (HC)

High Court 28 Nov 2025 Ghana
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- The High Court held that both the Plaintiff (Akosua Serwaah Fosuh) and the 2nd Defendant (Priscilla Ofori) were validly and customarily married to the deceased (Daddy Lumba), and are both surviving spouses with entitlement to perform wido

Case Details

Suit Number:GJ12/20/2026
Judges:HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE DR. DORINDA SMITH ARTHUR
Counsel:WILLIAM KUSI ESQ FOR PLAINTIFF WITH EVANS OPPONG ADOMA ESQ AND HENRY BENJAMIN ARTHUR BAIDOO ESQ. DOMINIC KWADWO OSEI ESQ HOLDS BRIEF FOR FATI ALI YALLAH FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT WITH AL-HASSAN HUDI ESQ. A. K. OSEI-OWUSU ESQ WITH KWASI MENSAH NYARKO ESQ FOR 2ND DEFENDANT. EBENEZER ADJEI BEDIAKO ESQ WITH EDWARD OMANE ESQ FOR 3RD DEFENDANT.
Location:Kumasi

JUDGMENT

We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.”

2 Corinthians 13:8. NKJV 

I. INTRODUCTION

  1. This is a case in which Akosua Serwaah Fosuh, the Plaintiff herein, seeks a declaration that she is the only surviving spouse of the late Charles Kwadwo Fosuh, aka Daddy Lumba, and as such the only person entitled to perform the widowhood rites of the deceased. She seeks an order from the court to restrain the head of family of the deceased from ever dealing with the 2 Defendant, Priscilla Ofori as spouse of the deceased and a further order restraining Priscilla Ofori, from carrying herself as a surviving spouse of the late Charles Kwadwo Fosuh aka Daddy Lumba. The Plaintiff alleges that, she and the deceased married at the Civil Marriage Registry in Germany in 2004 and that their said marriage subsisted until the demise of Daddy Lumba on July 26, 2025.

  2. The Defendants opposed the claims in its entirety and deny that the Plaintiff contracted any valid marriage with the deceased in Ge…

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