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Police arrest husband of late ‘Ekwueme’ singer Osinachi
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Police arrest late gospel singer, Osinachi’s husband
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Police arrest husband of late popular singer, Osinachi
Peter Nwachukwu, the late prominent gospel artiste Osinachi’s husband, has been detained by the police for his wife’s death.
The 42-year-old musician died on Friday after spending several days in an unnamed Abuja hospital.
Osinachi’s colleagues accused her husband of abusing her while she was working as a lead singer at the Dunamis International Headquarters in Abuja.
In a live Instagram video, prominent musician Frank Edwards said that Osinachi’s husband abused her on multiple 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.’
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Osinachi’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 Police source disclosed that police operatives, Sunday arrested Mr Nwachukeh and that investigation has commenced into the singer’s death as a result of alleged domestic violence.
Confirming Peter’s arrest, FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh said: “He is now in our custody. The younger brother of the deceased reported the matter and we have commenced investigation.”