It's A Good Decision For Manhyia To Step Aside Daddy Lumba’s Issues

The ongoing family feud over the funeral arrangements for the late Highlife legend Daddy Lumba (Charles Kwadwo Fosu), who passed away on July 26, 2025, has taken another dramatic turn.

Media personality and entertainment pundit MC Yaa Yeboah has publicly thrown her full support behind Manhyia Palace’s decision to step back from mediating the escalating disputes. Speaking on Peace FM’s Entertainment Review on December 9, 2025, Yaa Yeboah described the move as necessary after repeated failed reconciliation attempts by courts, traditional authorities, and other stakeholders.

The controversy pits Daddy Lumba’s immediate family, including his sister Ernestina Fosu and wife Akosua Serwaa (who claims a legal monogamous marriage under German law from 2004), against the extended Fosu Royal Family led by Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu (aka 2Pac).

Akosua Serwaa has filed lawsuits seeking to halt the funeral over issues like transparency on Lumba’s death (demanding a full autopsy), access to memorial funds, and recognition as the sole widow—excluding Priscilla Ofori (Odo Broni).

Manhyia Palace, under the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, initially intervened in November 2025, dissolving an early funeral committee and rescheduling the rites from December 6 to December 13, 2025, at Baba Yara Stadium.

However, a December 8 family visit to the palace ended with a postponed meeting (now set for December 11), amid clashes between factions. Recent reports indicate Manhyia has now withdrawn, citing futile efforts to resolve the “new issues” that keep emerging.

A fresh suit filed by the immediate family on December 4 seeks to block Abusuapanyin Owusu from accessing funds or proceeding without addressing autopsy results and donations. The case is slated for hearing on December 11, potentially derailing the December 13 date.

Yaa Yeboah, known for her outspoken commentary, aligned herself “100%” with Manhyia’s exit, calling the family’s pattern of introducing fresh grievances—such as disputed widowhood rites and fund mismanagement—exhausting and disrespectful to traditional processes.

“Why do you keep raising new problems every time one is solved? It’s time to let them sort it out,” she remarked, urging respect for the palace’s authority.

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Her comments echo her earlier criticisms in the saga, including a live-TV clash with Evangelist Papa Shee (a supporter of Akosua Serwaa) on UTV’s United Showbiz in late November, where she accused him of bias and disrespecting Manhyia by preemptively announcing alternative dates like March 2026.

Yaa Yeboah has consistently advocated for a dignified farewell for Lumba, questioning why Akosua Serwaa didn’t pursue bigamy claims against him while he was alive and emphasizing that delays are tarnishing his legacy. Despite Abusuapanyin Owusu’s insistence that the funeral proceeds on December 13—claiming palace chiefs approved it during the December 8 visit—the uncertainty lingers as legal and traditional tensions boil over.

Fans await clarity on whether the Highlife icon’s send-off will honor his unifying legacy or remain mired in division.