Mother of the late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu says her daughter’s husband Peter Nwachukwu posed as a pastor for his marriage proposal to be accepted.
Nwachukwu is alleged to have subjected his wife to domestic violence for several years. Osinachi’s famiy is also accusing him of being responsible for her death.
The musician’s mother spoke with freelancer Hyacinth Ogbu.
She said, “When she put to bed, I was not told. It was her neighbours and friends that told me. I called her and she confirmed it. I called Peter and he asked me not to bother him, saying he’d do as he pleases.
“I reminded him of how he identified as a pastor before I accepted that he marries my daughter and he retorted that he owes me no explanation. I told him it’s customary that I visit for Ọmụgwọ (that is a mother’s visit to her daughter after childbirth).
“He warned that he doesn’t want to see me in his home. I called Osinachi, told her, and she pleaded I stay away. Her friends expressed worry that Osinachi doesn’t intimate me about the trouble she experiences in her marriage.”
The singer’s mother further said Osinachi’s neighbours called to warn that something be done quickly to rescue her.
Osinachi’s mother continued, “On her second childbirth, she called me to come over, saying she was suffering. She said Peter’s maltreatment of her was becoming unbearable. She said Peter threatened to snuff the life out of her. I called my eldest sister to help pull Osinachi out of that marriage. We went to Abuja and brought her home.
“With her three-month baby and her two-year-old kid, she stayed for a year and three months before Peter pleaded for her return. I refused but Osinachi insisted she would go back as there is no splitting a union ordained by God.”
She said Nwachukwu resumed the assault when Osinachi returned and the singer kept believing he would change.
