Veteran musician Ofori Amponsah has disclosed that the late highlife legend Daddy Lumba anticipated the difficulties that would arise after his death, revealing that the musician had even predicted such chaos in one of his songs.
Ofori Amponsah made the remarks while appealing for unity and peace among all parties involved in the ongoing dispute surrounding Daddy Lumba’s funeral arrangements.
“Greatness attracts these kinds of things. I know everybody wants a piece of this great man. And the aftermath of his death would bring such situations.
“I know he foresaw it. In one of his songs, he sang about it. I believe that he knew that when he’s not around, something of this sort will happen,” he said.
Speaking on Talkertainment with Elsie Lamar on GhanaWeb TV, Ofori Amponsah, who described himself as “not part of the family and just a ‘son’”, said the discord among the families of Daddy Lumba could tarnish what the iconic musician built.
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According to Ofori Amponsah, the family should settle differences privately to protect Daddy Lumba’s legacy and safeguard the emotional well-being of his children.
“This is the time for them to sit down carefully and see that this thing is going to affect even his children as a whole. The legacy that he’s left, he left it for the children and the family. So if there is any kind of friction or misunderstanding, I think they should settle it in the backyard,” he urged.
He added that he would one day want to visit a mausoleum in memory of the late Lumba.
“I am also envisioning that one day I will see a mausoleum of this great man, and I’ll be the first person to visit that mausoleum,” he said.
The comments come amid a highly publicised legal battle that engulfed Daddy Lumba’s family since his death on July 26, 2025.
The Kumasi and Accra High Courts had been seized with competing injunctions and lawsuits over control of funeral arrangements, widowhood rites, and custody of the late musician’s remains.
A widely reported injunction filed by Akosua Serwaa, the legally married wife of Daddy Lumba, aimed to pause funeral preparations and assert her status in widowhood rites.
That injunction was dismissed by the Kumasi High Court, who ruled that both Akosua Serwaa and Odo Broni allowed the extended family to proceed with burial arrangements in Kumasi.
A week before the intended burial, maternal relatives sought a court order to block the release of Daddy Lumba’s body.
The injunction was granted but later removed hours later after the maternal family failed to pay a GH¢2 million compensation for costs incurred.
The funeral eventually took place on the 13th of December in Kumasi, but some members of Lumba’s family, notably his legal wife, Akosua Serwaa, were missing.
