The police have said that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, will be charged to court after autopsy results of the late singer are out.
The inspector-general of police Usman Baba stated this to the minister of women affairs Dame Tallen on Wednesday in his office at the Force Headquarters, Force PRO Olumuyiwa Adejobi said in a release.
Adejobi said the minister discussed among other things, the plight of women in Nigeria, particularly in relation to gender and domestic-based violence.
“The Minister who was accompanied by some members of the late singer’s family was equally interested to know what efforts the police have put in place to ensure swift justice is dispensed,” the statement said.
Addressing the minister, the IGP noted that Osinachi’s death was heart-breaking “as information from sources close to the family and independent witnesses fingered her husband, Peter Nwachukwu, as being responsible for her death”.
The statement added, “He (the IGP) stated that the FCT Command of the Nigeria Police Force, in whose jurisdiction the incident occurred, arrested the deceased’s husband at about 5pm on Sunday 10th April 2022 at their residence in Lugbe, Abuja. The suspect is currently in detention at the FCT Police Command even as investigations are still ongoing.
“The IGP further emphasized that considering the sensitive nature of the case, and the need to get justice, and swiftly, the command has approached the National Hospital, Abuja, for post-mortem examinations on the deceased to ascertain the cause of death and her husband will be charged to court as soon as it is established that he was responsible for her death.”
