Osinachi: Mother Says Husband Called Her Witch, Banned Her From Seeing Daughter

Caroline Madu, the mother of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, on Monday, appeared before a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja with plea to help her get justice for her daughter.

Recall that the ‘Ekwueme’ crooner died on April 8, 2022 and many fingered cancer as the cause of her death, but her husband, Peter Nwachukwu, was later arrested later and charged for culpable homicide.

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According to reports, the 61-year-old Madu, a resident of Enugu, while being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Aderonke Imana, as chief witness through an interpreter, recounted to the court how she and her other children were never allowed to visit the late singer, except on one occasion when she was ill.

She said, “I visited my daughter when I was sick and when we went to the church, Peter left my daughter and I stranded in church while he drove away with the children.

“Peter called me a witch, sent me out of his house and it was a man from Delta State that accommodated me.

“I saw her last in December when she came to Enugu for a programme and before then, there was a time she left her matrimonial home because of the ill-treatment and she stayed with me for a year and three months before Peter came with a pastor to beg that he had turned a new leaf.

“However, after she returned and gave birth to her third child, she called me that she was hungry and I had to send my son, Chibuzor, with foodstuff to her in Abuja.

“My son, after four days, called me that he was no longer comfortable as Peter poured water on him and told him never to help in washing his children’s clothes and poured water on Osinachi and her new born baby when she was praying.”

Reacting to why she never visited her daughter when she was put to bed as Igbo culture demands, the defence counsel, I.A Aliyu, objected to the question and said it was a leading question.

Aliyu, during cross-examination, asked Madu if she knew that apart from the ulcer she told the court her daughter had, she had other health challenges.

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She replied in the negative and said that she was aware that the matter was investigated but she did not know the outcome of the investigation as carried out by the police.

Reports further revealed that for Monday’s proceeding, other family members of the deceased singer were in court, including her two children, mother, brother and twin sister.

The defendant was earlier arraigned on June 3 and was remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre after he pleaded not guilty to the alleged homicide charge filed against him by the Attorney -General of the Federation.

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