Osinachi Nwachukwu: What My Daughter's Husband Told Her, Mother Opens Up On Late Gospel Singer's Marital Woes

Osinachi Nwachukwu: What My Daughter's Husband Told Her, Mother Opens Up On Late Gospel Singer's Marital Woes

  • Following the tragic death of Nigerian popular singer Osinachi, her mother and sister have spoken about her marriage
  • Madam Madu, Osinachi's mother, gave details of what her daughter went through in the hands of her husband, Peter Nwachukwu
  • The bereaved mother said Mr Nwachukwu once told her daughter that if she did not go home alive, she would go in death

Osinachi Nwachukwu's mother and sister have commented on the death of the gospel singer which happened on Friday, April 2.

BBC Pidgin reported that the bereaved family in an interview shared their pains and talked about the bitter experience they had with Osinachi's husband, Peter Nwachukwu.

Osinachi Nwachukwu, Late Gospel Singer, Marital Woes, Peter Nwachukwu
Madam Madu, mother of late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, spoke about her marital problem. Photo credit: @Naija_PR, @NnekaNwogwugwu
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Madam Madu, the late singer's mother, said she was pained by the kind of son-in-law Nwachukwu is.

She said she could not express what she experienced in the hands of her late daughter's husband.

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"Ever since he married her, my daughter had no peace, I too had no peace," the mother was quoted as saying.

Madam Madu said she didn't see her daughter for eight years after getting married to Mr Nwachukwu.

She added that when she gave birth, the husband did't inform her.

The bereaved mother said Osinachi for some time did not tell her and the family what she was going through in the marriage.

She said it was outsiders who revealed what her daughter was facing.

Osinachi finally called her family for help

Madam Madu said one day, she received a phone call from her daughter, after having three kids, where she opened up on how the husband was treating her.

She said Osinachi told her father that Mr Nwachukwu told her that "if she did not go home alive, she would go in death."

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After the threatening statement, Osinachi's eldest sister, Favour Mmadu, went to Abuja to pick her and children and took them to Enugu, the mother said.

According to her, Osinachi spent one year and three months in her father's house in Enugu before Nwachukwu came to beg for her to return home.

What God has joined together...

Madam Madu said she did not want make her daughter to go back to the marriage, adding that she wanted her to file for divorce and find another husband.

She, however, said Osinachi told her that, "what God has joined together, let no man put asunder".

The mother said her late daughter told her she would go back to the marriage. She added that the abuse continued again as she returned.

Osinachi's sister, Favour, also spoke on the development, saying she advised the late gospel against staying in the marriage.

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FG vows to ensure late gospel singer Osinachi gets justice

Meanwhile, the federal government has vowed that gospel artist Osinachi who allegedly died as a result of unreported serial domestic violence meted out to her by her husband, will get justice even in death.

The minister of women affairs Dame Pauline Tallen said this in a statement she personally signed and seen by Legit.ng on Monday, April 11.

Dame Tallen said Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late popular gospel artiste, will be prosecuted.

Source: Legit.ng

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