A firm line has been drawn within the family of late Highlife musician Daddy Lumba, as his elder sister moves to shut down any external claims to his estate.
Ernestina Fosu says she will resist any attempt by individuals outside the immediate family to lay hands on her brother’s properties. In a video circulating online, she stressed that the singer’s rise was sustained by the support of his siblings, not outsiders.
She recounted how, during difficult periods, it was only those within the family who stood by him. According to her, the responsibility and reward of that loyalty should remain within the same circle.
Ernestina maintained that only those directly connected to the late musician, including his wives and children, deserve a share of what he left behind, ruling out distant relations or unrelated parties.
“I will never allow outsiders to take over my brother’s properties. Our mother gave birth to three of us, and no one helped Lumba except his siblings. We supported each other, so I won’t allow any outsider to take what belongs to him. If my brother is no more, he has wives and children who should inherit from him, so I won’t allow anyone else to come in and take it,” she said.
Daddy Lumba died on July 26, 2025, at age 60, closing a storied career that produced over three decades of music and more than 30 albums, cementing his place among Ghana’s most influential Highlife figures.
He was laid to rest on December 13, 2025, at the Baba Yara Stadium after a court injunction that had threatened to disrupt the funeral was overturned.
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