Singer, Osinachi’s death: Police boss tells Women Affairs Minister why husband has not been charged to court
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday April 20, 2022, received the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Kedem Tallen, who paid a courtesy visit on him in his office at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja and told her why the husband of celebrity gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu’s husband, Peter Nwachukwu, has not yet been charged to court.
The Minister, who discussed amongst other things, the plight of women in Nigeria, particularly in relation to gender and domestic-based violence, pointed out to the IGP that the recent case of Osinachi Nwachukwu, whose untimely death, allegedly at the hands of her husband on April 8, 2022, has caused public outcry. The Minister who was accompanied on the visit to the IGP by some members of the late singer’s family, expressed interest in knowing what efforts the police have put in place to ensure that swift justice is dispensed.
The Inspector-General of Police, while reacting, noted that the untimely death of the singer is heart-breaking particularly as information from sources close to the family and independent witnesses fingered her husband as being responsible for her death. He 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, he confirmed, 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 swiftly, the command has approached the National Hospital, Abuja, for post-mortem examinations on the deceased to ascertain the cause of death, stressing that her husband will be charged to court as soon as it is established that he was responsible for her death.
The Inspector-General of Police stressed that the alleged act is condemnable in all ramifications as it is both illegal and immoral for one human to take the life of another in any manner contrary to the provisions of the law. He reiterated the commitment of the Force under his leadership to ensure that cases of this nature including domestic violence, sexual and gender-based violence, rape, and other social vices are accorded utmost attention with a view to bringing their perpetrators to justice according to the provisions of extant laws.
CSP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, mnipr, mipra
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA
