The German Embassy in Accra has officially verified that deceased Ghanaian musician Daddy Lumba was legally married to Akosua Serwaa under German civil law.
In a statement released on October 27, 2025, and signed by Susan Lüdtke, Second Secretary and Consul responsible for Legal and Consular Affairs, the embassy confirmed the existence of a valid marriage between the late musician, whose legal name was Charles Kwadwo Fosuh, and Akosua Serwah.
Embassy records show the couple exchanged vows on December 23, 2004, in Bornheim, Germany, with the union duly registered at the local marriage registry under reference number E 142/2004. The embassy further noted that the marriage remained legally recognized until Lumba’s death, as there was no record of a divorce.
“This is to confirm that, according to German civil law, there exists a valid marriage between Charles Kwadwo Fosuh, born in Nsuta, and Akosua Fosuh, maiden name Akosua Serwah, born in Kumasi. The marriage was celebrated on 23.12.2004 in Bornheim, Germany, in the presence of the couple and is registered in the marriage registry office under the number E 142/2004. As far as the Embassy is aware of, the marriage has not been dissolved by divorce but ended with the decease of the husband on 26.07.2025,” the statement read.
Already, Akosua Serwah and the late musician’s sister, Ernestina Fosuh, have called for a full-scale investigation into the circumstances of his death. The family says conflicting accounts of Lumba’s final moments have raised serious concerns.
In a petition dated October 13, 2025, and signed by the family secretary on behalf of Serwah and Fosuh, the family urged both Ghanaian and German authorities to launch coordinated inquiries.
The letter, addressed to the German Embassy in Ghana, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, and Ghana’s Criminal Investigations Department, highlighted discrepancies in witness testimonies and demanded clarity on what they described as unanswered questions surrounding the Highlife star’s death.
Read the statement from both parties below.
