Daddy Lumba and I were German Citizens- Akosua Serwaa reveals why Abusuapanin has no power over husband’s dead body
Daddy Lumba’s wife, Akosua Serwaa believes that if anyone could have power over the remains of her late husband, it should not be the Abusuapanin.
In a letter addressed to to Her Ladyship Justice Dorinda Smith Arthur through her lawyer, Mr. William Kusi, Mrs. Fosuh petitioned the Kumasi High Court for legal clarification on her husband’s citizenship status and its implications for funeral and inheritance rights.
She begun her letter with “I respectfully write through my counsel to provide legal clarification concerning my late husband’s citizenship status and the consequent implications for custody and funeral rights under both Ghanaian and German law.”
Akosua Serwaa as she is widely known stated emphatically that “My late husband and I are both German citizens. He applied for German citizenship in 2000 and, after fulfilling all requirements, surrendered his Ghanaian passport and received a Certificate of Renunciation in 2002.”
She revealed that A copy of this certificate, as well as his German passport, has been attached for the Court’s inspection and verification”.
According to Akosua Serwaa, jurisdictions.
“I am seeking the Court’s direction to determine the applicable rights under both countries’ laws,” she explained.
