{"id":508000,"date":"2026-03-01T19:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508000\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:54:11","slug":"i-wont-allow-any-celebration-of-life-for-lumba-abusuapanyin-kofi-owusu-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/508000\/","title":{"rendered":"I won\u2019t allow any \u2018celebration of life\u2019 for Lumba \u2013 Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu insists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/I-won-t-allow-any-celebration-of-life-for-Lumba-Abusuapanyin-Kofi-Owusu-insists-2023807?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/67070404.295.jpg\" alt=\"Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu says he won't allow any 'second funeral' for the late Lumba\" title=\"Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu says he won't allow any 'second funeral' for the late Lumba\" width=\"295\" height=\"225\" \/> <\/a>Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu says he won&#8217;t allow any &#8216;second funeral&#8217; for the late Lumba<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Following escalating tensions within the family of the late Daddy Lumba over a planned \u201ccelebration of life\u201d reportedly being organised by the singer\u2019s first wife and elder sister, Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu has once again shared his position on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared on Instagram on February 28, 2026, Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu stated that there will be no celebration of life for the late singer.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ashanti tradition frowns upon organising two separate funeral ceremonies. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Daddy-Lumba-s-Abusuapanyin-responds-to-calls-for-his-removal-2023500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Daddy Lumba\u2019s \u2018Abusuapanyin\u2019 responds to calls for his removal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added that Akosua Serwaa (Lumba\u2019s wife) and Ernestina Fosu (Lumba\u2019s elder sister)\u2019s plan to hold another funeral ceremony will not take place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funeral will not come off. There will be no celebration of life because I will place an injunction on it. There is no way anyone should be allowed to organise a funeral twice. We are done with Lumba\u2019s funeral, so there will be no celebration of life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that the family is doing its best to resolve any disputes between the late musician\u2019s wives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Abusuapanyin-Kofi-Owusu-confirms-where-Daddy-Lumba-was-buried-2023681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Daddy Lumba was buried at his East Legon residence&#8217; &#8211; Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu confirms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu, he will ensure that all differences are settled before Lumba\u2019s first anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can bring all the women together, we will have a ceremony during his one-year observation. We will make sure we resolve this issue. But you bloggers are trying so hard to create problems within the family,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below<\/p>\n<p>JHM\/EB<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, watch GhanaWeb\u2019s expos\u00e9 on the \u2018Dark Side of Kayamata\u2019 and its devastating impact below:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abusuapanyin Kofi Owusu says he won&#8217;t allow any &#8216;second funeral&#8217; for the late Lumba Following escalating tensions within&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-508000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}