The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba says the husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, Peter Nwachukwu is still being held by police as investigations still continue into the case.
The police boss disclosed.this when the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Paullen Tallen paid a courtesy call on him on Wednesday at the force headquarters in Abuja.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent indicated that the minister was accompanied on the visit by relations of the deceased singer.
He said the Minister discussed among other things, the plight of women in Nigeria, particularly in relation to gender and domestic-based violence.
Recall that the famous gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, whose untimely death occurred on 8th April, 2022, in Abuja allegedly
given the series of battery in the hands of her husband has caused public outcry.
Adejobi explained that the minister wanted to know the progress the police had made on the case and efforts put in place to ensure 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, Peter Nwachukwu, 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 IGP said “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.
He added that the husband would be charged to court as soon “as it is established that he was responsible for her death.”
The IGP further 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 ensuring 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.
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