An elder sister of highlife musician, Charles Kwadwo Fosuh, has told a Kumasi High Court that though she knew of a relationship between her late brother and Priscilla Ofori, also known as Odo Broni, there was no marriage between the duo.
Ernestina Fosuh, also known as Akosua Brempomaah, says though her brother’s relationship with Odo Broni produced six children, including a third child that her brother named after her, there was no marriage between the two.
The legitimacy of the alleged marriage between Daddy Lumba and Priscilla Ofori, is being contested in court by Akosua Serwaa Fosuh who claims to be the legal wife of the deceased
Madam Serwaa is praying the Court to make an order that she is the only surviving spouse of Daddy Lumba, and the one who has the right to perform widowhood rite.
She also wants the court to compel Priscilla Ofori, also known as Odo Broni to refrain from referring to herself as wife of the late musician.
Ernestina Fosuh, testifying under oath during cross-examination told the court presided over by Her Lady, Dorinda Smith-Arthur that her brother, the late musician, confided in her about almost everything, including his relationship with Odo Broni.
She told the court his brother relocated to Ghana to work on his housing project and also get treatment for a back issue as a result of a lorry accident he had.
Asked why the wife, Akosua Serwaa Fosuh did not relocate to Ghana to join her husband, Ernestina Fosuh told the court her late brother advised the wife not to be frequenting Ghana because of the high cost of air tickets and also because of a € 50,000 loan his brother took from a financial institution in Germany.
But defense lawyer, Dominic Kwadwo Osei interjected, insisting no such loan was contracted, which is the reason Ernestina could not provide evidence in court.
But Ernestina Fosuh insisted that evidence, written in Dutch, was available on her phone, insisting she was only saying what his brother told her.
When defense counsel pressed further, drawing Ernestina Fosuh’s attention to Plaintiff’s reply to the 2nd defendant on 29th October 2025 that the loan contracted was €100,000 and not €50,000, and that the witness account was misleading, the witness stood on her ground, explaining she has told the court what she knows.
On the issue of who took care of Daddy Lumba when he was unwell in the witness’s absence, Brempomaa told the court it was the deceased’s girlfriend, Odo Broni who took care of him while she Brempomaah provided them all they needed.
As far as Ernestina Fosuh was concerned, his late brother, Charles Kwadwo Fosuh married Akosua Serwaa Fosuh at customary and civil marriage ceremonies at Bomso and Germany in 1991 and 2004, respectively—ceremonies she witnessed.
Akosua Brempomaah admitted in court she was aware her late brother had six children with Priscilla Ofori, also known as Odo Broni, including the 3rd born named after her. She added her late brother named all his third-borns after her.
According to her, though she did not inform Akosua Serwaa that her brother had children with Odo Broni, she got to know through her kids, who usually visited Daddy Lumba during vacations.
But it was Akosua Brempomaah’s response to defense counsel’s question as to whether she has ever acknowledged Priscilla Ofori or Odo Broni as a sister-in-law that brought a twist to the matter.
Lawyer Dominic Kwadwo Osei submitted a video recording in which Priscilla Ofori wished Brempomaah, her sister-in-law, a happy birthday on DL FM.
An audio recording Brempomaah later told the court looks like her voice acknowledged Odo Broni as her “Akumaa” in Twi, to wit, sister-in-law.
This evidence was later admitted in court because Plaintiff’s counsel raised no objections.
Madam Ernestina Fosuh, however, dismissed aversions by defense counsel that it was Theresah Abrebrese who performed the in-law rites when the former’s mother died.
According to her, though, Theresah supported the family because of the good relationship between the Fosuhs and the former; it was Akosua Serwaa Fosuh who performed the “Nseyie”.
She also told the court how her deceased brother, Daddy Lumba attended the funeral of the late mother of Akosua Serwaa Fosuh in his black top and black down cloth.
But in a response as to whether the witness was in a good relationship with the second defendant four months before the death of the highlife legend, she said she has never had any issue with Odo Broni.
Before the court adjourned proceedings, counsel for Odo Broni, Akwasi Nyarko put it to Brempomaah that the late musician underwent surgery in 2013 at FOCOS at Pantang and not Tantra Hills as suggested by the witness. She had told the court she visited her sick brother at a hospital at Tantra Hills upon her return from Germany.
Hearing continues on Wednesday with Ernestina Fosuh mounting the witness box again.
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