An Accra High Court has granted an injunction filed by the maternal family of the late Highlife legend Daddy Lumba, halting plans to hold his funeral on December 13, 2025.
The Court has also restrained the release of his body from the mortuary until the substantive case is fully determined.
The ruling follows a contentious legal dispute initiated by five maternal relatives, Obaapanyin Afia Adomah Pakoso, Robert Gyamfi (Wofa Yaw Poku Asuafua), Georgina Gyamfi, Ernestina Fosuh, and Nana Afia Kobi Pakoso, who filed a writ on December 3 seeking several orders to assert their customary and legal authority over the burial arrangements.
The plaintiffs asked the Court to prevent the first defendant, Kofi Owusu Abuakwa of Kumasi, and former members of a dissolved committee, from accessing or operating the Daddy Lumba Memorial Foundation account at CAL Bank, which was established to fund funeral and related expenses.
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The maternal family argues that, under customary law, they hold the rightful authority to manage funeral rites and maintain custody of the deceased’s remains. They expressed concern that the body could be released and burial plans carried out without their consent.
The injunction further bars the first defendant from organising any burial activities and orders the third respondent, Transitions Funeral Home, to retain custody of the body until the case is concluded.
This ruling throws the final funeral rites—initially scheduled for December 13, 2025, into uncertainty.
Meanwhile, the substantive case will continue in court, where a final decision will determine the legal and customary rights of the parties involved in the dispute.
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