Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi has been sentenced to death by hanging.
The sentence was handed over to him by Justice Nwosu-Iheme of a FCT High Court Wuse Zone 2 in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, April 28, 2025.
Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased (his wife) on April 8, 2022.
The judge held that the prosecution discharged the burden of proof placed on it by the law and subsequently found the defendant guilty.
Nwachukwu was arraigned on June 3, 2022, by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (OAGF), on behalf of the Federal Government, on a 23-count charge.
The charge was on culpable homicide punishable with death, criminal intimidation, cruelty to children, criminal intimidation of children, spousal battery, among others.
In the course of trial, the prosecution called 17 witnesses, including two children of the late Osinachi, who testified as fourth and fifth prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution also tendered 25 documents as exhibits before the court.
Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi has been sentenced to death by hanging.
The sentence was handed over to him by Justice Nwosu-Iheme of a FCT High Court Wuse Zone 2 in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, April 28, 2025.
Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased (his wife) on April 8, 2022.
The judge held that the prosecution discharged the burden of proof placed on it by the law and subsequently found the defendant guilty.
Nwachukwu was arraigned on June 3, 2022, by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (OAGF), on behalf of the Federal Government, on a 23-count charge.
The charge was on culpable homicide punishable with death, criminal intimidation, cruelty to children, criminal intimidation of children, spousal battery, among others
In the course of trial, the prosecution called 17 witnesses, including two children of the late Osinachi, who testified as fourth and fifth prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution also tendered 25 documents as exhibits before the court.
The defendant testified for the defence and further called four other witnesses and tendered four exhibits in his defence.
Counsel for the defendant, Reginald Nwali, pleaded with the court to be lenient in its judgment shortly before the judge was pronounced.
Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi has been sentenced to death by hanging.
The sentence was handed over to him by Justice Nwosu-Iheme of a FCT High Court Wuse Zone 2 in Abuja, Nigeria, on Monday, April 28, 2025.
Nwachukwu was found guilty of culpable homicide resulting in the death of the deceased (his wife) on April 8, 2022.
The judge held that the prosecution discharged the burden of proof placed on it by the law and subsequently found the defendant guilty.
Nwachukwu was arraigned on June 3, 2022, by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (OAGF), on behalf of the Federal Government, on a 23-count charge.
The charge was on culpable homicide punishable with death, criminal intimidation, cruelty to children, criminal intimidation of children, spousal battery, among others.
In the course of trial, the prosecution called 17 witnesses, including two children of the late Osinachi, who testified as fourth and fifth prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution also tendered 25 documents as exhibits before the court.
The defendant testified for the defence and further called four other witnesses and tendered four exhibits in his defence.
Counsel for the defendant, Reginald Nwali, pleaded with the court to be lenient in its judgment shortly before the judge was pronounced.
But the prosecution counsel, Aderonke Imala, urged the court to pronounce judgement with full force of the law as stipulated.
The judge subsequently sentenced Nwachukwu to death by hanging on Count 1, while he was sentenced to two years imprisonment each on Counts 2, 3, 8,9, 12, 13, and 18.
The court sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on Count 10, three years imprisonment in Count 11, while he was fined the sum of N500,000 and N200,000 respectively on Counts 6 and 7 respectively.
Osinachi died on April 8, 2022 and many of her colleagues accused her husband of subjecting her to domestic violence, leading to her death.
The 42-year-old songstress was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre.
The singer shot into the limelight with the hit, “Ekwueme”, which she sang alongside Prospa Ochimana.
It was initially reported that the singer died of throat cancer. However, shortly after the news of her death went viral, her family and friends lamented that her union with Peter Nwachukwu was a violent one.
Mr Nwachukwu was arrested by the police in Abuja on April 11, 2022, after Osinachi’s younger brother reported a case of culpable homicide against him.
He then appeared before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on 27 May 2022 for the first time, where he was charged with 23 counts.
Source: premiumtimesng.com
