FCT Police Command has disclosed that it arrested Mr Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of popular Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu on a case of suspected homicide.
The 42-year-old artiste died on Friday after spending days at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja.
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Following the shocking news of her death, allegations of constant beatings and bullying by the husband emerged on social media revealing that the 42-year-old lead singer at the Dunamis International Church was kicked in the chest.
Isinachi’s elder sister was said to have also confirmed that the husband kicked her in the chest which led to her being taken to the hospital.
A popular singer, Frank Edwards, in a live Instagram video, alleged that Osinachi’s husband abused her on several occasions.
He said;
One time in a studio, this man slapped her just because she wanted to record the song in Igbo against his will. She does not do anything on her own. She would say, please beg my husband. She was at his mercy. I didn’t know the intensity of what she was going through; I didn’t know how somebody would be jealous of the wife he claimed to love. There are a lot of stories where people told her this and that, but what I know was that the control was too much. The other time somebody wanted me to get her for an event, and I contacted her, but she said ‘beg my husband.’
She couldn’t even tell people what she was going through. I only got to know because Aunty Joy contacted me to promote her song. That was when I got a glimpse into what was happening.
Another gospel artiste, Asu Ekiye, called for the arrest of her husband, stressing;
If what I hear about domestic abuse is anything to go by, then I hereby endorse the call for the arrest of the husband of Osinachi immediately for questioning.
A woman, who claimed to be her friend, Chidinma Ezego, alleged that the late Osinachi told her the husband made her children flog her.
She said;
The husband has been beating and maltreating this woman, but she’s been dying in silence. Now, he kicked the woman on her chest and she’s been on life support for five days and finally died. Now, the man has been arrested and I pray he rots in jail. Remember how he tied her up and asked the children to beat her up with cane. She told me this.
A Police source disclosed that police operatives from the Lugbe Division on Sunday arrested Mr Nwachukeh and that investigation has commenced into the singer’s death as a result of alleged domestic violence.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development.
She said;
He is now in our custody. The younger brother of the deceased reported the matter and we have commenced investigation.
Also, Dunamis church lawyer, Felix Tyokase, said the church’s General Overseer, Paul Enenche, just returned from a crusade in Cameroon and had not been briefed on the matter.
He added;
And we have yet to receive any information from the hospital as to the cause of her death.
Nigeria to await the outcome of the autopsy on the late gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu.
