About two months after her demise, the remains of late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu have arrived for interment in Abia State.
The singer’s body was received in her hometown in Amakpoke Umuaku community, Abia around 12:00pm.
Osinachi, who sang the popular song ‘Ekwueme’ died on April 8, 2022.
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The Federal Capital Territory High Court in the Wuse area of Abuja has remanded Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, in the Kuje Correctional Facility.
Mr. Nwachukwu will be in prison pending the hearing and determination of the homicide-related suit instituted against him by the Attorney General of the Federation.
The presiding judge, Justice N.K. Nwosu-Iheme gave the order on Friday after he pleaded not guilty to 23 charges bordering on domestic violence and homicide, among others.
She ordered that the suspect be remanded at the correctional facility while the trial was adjourned to June 16 and June 17.
The gospel singer died on April 8, and many of her colleagues had accused her husband of subjecting the victim to domestic violence, which led to her death.
Following the incident, the Nigeria Police arrested Nwachukwu and he has since been in detention.
The Federal Government claims that he contravened Sections 104 and 379 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, Section 221 of the Penal Code, and the Violence Against Person’s Prohibition Act (VAPP) 2015.
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Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel artiste, Osinachi is to be arraigned on Friday this week by the Federal Government.
Osinachi, a lead singer at the Dunamis International Headquarters, Abuja died in April this year after spending days at a hospital following alleged battery by her husband.
The police subsequently arrested Nwachukwu after colleagues at the Dunamis International Headquarters alleged him of assaulting Osinachi.
According to the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, Nwachukwu would be arraigned before Court 56, FCT High Court, Wuse.
Nwachukwu is charged under Sections 104 and 379 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.
Head, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Department of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Ministry of Justice, Mrs. Yewande Gbola-Awopetun, filed the case with charge number CR/199/2022 at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on May 20, 2022.
Allegations leveled against the defendant include forceful ejection of Osinachi from the family home, contrary to the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015, attempted pushing Osinachi out of a moving vehicle, which is culpable homicide, deprivation of liberty of movement.
Others include emotional, verbal, and psychological abuse of the victim contrary to section 14(1) of the VAP Act, 2015, forceful isolation from family by preventing the deceased’s mother and siblings from visiting her matrimonial home, child battery, with the cries of the children recorded and played on the phone.
Nwachukwu also stands accused of denying Osinachi access to her money for healthcare, and domestic necessities, thus forcing her into begging and borrowing, while also threatening and preventing their children from reporting the acts of domestic violence against their mother to his pastor, Dr. Paul Enenche or any other person.
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The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory says it has forwarded the autopsy result, conducted on the late Osinachi Nwachukwu to the Director of Public Prosecution for vetting and possible prosecution.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
She said the autopsy was conducted on the late popular gospel singer to demystify the circumstances surrounding her death.
Adeh urged the public to be patient and trust in the process, adding that due diligence would be observed in the pursuit of justice in the matter.
She said updates on the case would be communicated subsequently to the public.
The untimely death of the famous gospel singer on April 8 was allegedly linked to the husband, Peter Nwachukwu.
Reports had linked the death to several incidences of domestic violence by the husband.
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The death of Osinachi Nwachukwu, a gospel artiste based in Abuja, shocked the whole country as well-meaning persons, including Senate President Ahmad Lawan; the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen and top clerics, condoled with her family.
The 42-year-old was the lead singer at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, DIGC, headquarters, Abuja before her death. She was also a mother of three sons and a daughter.
Meanwhile, her marriage to Peter Nwachukwu, who hails from Omaboma community located near Ukpor in Anambra State, has been alleged to be marred by domestic violence which triggered health complications that led to her death.
She reportedly suffered in the hands of her spouse, as many people who knew Osinachi and associated with her very closely say the gospel music star accepted her situation in life as God’s design.
They also testified that the mother of four, while on the sick bed in her final days, hinted that her death would be a function of a race of life well finished.
Narrating her encounter with the late gospel music star before her death, Ebube, who was Osinachi’s close confidant, said the deceased told her that if she didn’t make it in hospital, she would be fulfilled because she had done what the Lord asked her to do.
According to Ebube, Osinachi saw apparitions of Christ Jesus, a few days before she totally submitted to her Maker, asking her to start “packing” her things “for it is time to go.”
She added that, she was sure the late gospel music artiste was in heaven.
Culled/Taiwo Akinola
Popular Nigeria gospel artist, Mrs Osinachi Nwachuckwiu is dead.
She was confirmed dead on friday evening during a brief illness.
Unconfirmed report said she lost the battle to throat cancer after about two months on life support machine
Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu, a Nigerian singer, songwriter, Minister of God, and producer of Christian worship music, is a Spirit-filled Nigerian gospel artist and songwriter with a voice of fire.
She was aged 42.
Adedayo Adelowo
