On Tuesday, Peter, the husband of the late gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, returned to the Abuja High Court for the continuation of his trial.
The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation is currently prosecuting Mr. Nwachukwu on allegations of homicide and domestic violence related to an incident that occurred in his home.
On Friday, July 15, the judge hearing Mr. Nwachukwu’s case postponed it to October 11 (11am), October 13 (11am), and October 14 (11am) (9am).
After his children testified in front of her, behind a shield, and without any journalists there to cover it, Justice Njideka.K. Nwosu-Iheme gave her approval to move the trial forward to the following date.
Adetunji Moses is a musician, keyboardist, music teacher, and music producer, and he was cited as one of the prosecution’s witnesses on Tuesday, October 11, by Yewande Gbola Awopeta, the attorney representing the prosecution.
In spite of efforts made both domestically and internationally, the late singer did not have any money, according to the testimony of the music producer given in court.
According to him, she revealed to him, in her capacity as the late singer’s producer and team head, that all payments and honoraria were sent into her husband’s bank account.
According to him, Mrs. Osinachi served as a worship leader in Dunamis and was known for leading worship that was filled with the spirit and an attitude of humility.
Moses claimed that at one point, Osinachi disclosed to him that she was suffering from ulcer but “had no money with her” to get the medication known as “Gestid.” Gastid is used to treat ulcers.
Moses said;
“The blessings, honorarium in cash are all paid to Mr Peter Nwachukwu’s bank account.”
“She then brought her ATM, we both checked and there was no money in her account,”he added.
He continued, ”I know Mr Peter Nwachukwu in our church, Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Area, Abuja.
“He approached me around September 2018 that he wanted me to play the keyboard for his late wife, Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu. That is how I got to know about him.
“After I agreed to work with her, we began to go to programs, locally and internationally.
“I was her keyboardist and Personal Assistant as commanded by Mr Peter Nwachukwu.
“In 2018, we traveled to House on the Rock, Enugu, the people that invited us told us that Mr Peter said no visitors should come and see his wife, that he does not want disturbance in the hotel.”
Moses reported that he learned that the family of the late Mrs. Osinachi lives in the state of Enugu. He added that the invitation that nobody should visit the hotel was to prevent his in-laws from meeting with her.
According to the producer, the accused disclosed to him that he believes that other members of the family come around in order to obstruct her ministry and to prevent the flow of blessings to his own family.
“I did all I could to ensure that nobody visited Osinachi in the hotel.
“When we got back to Abuja, he then told me the reason why he does not want any visitor to visit Osinachi.
“In his word, I quote, there is a soul tie between Osinachi, between my wife and her twin sister and he wants to disconnect and he does not want two of them to minister together as twin sister thereby depriving both of them a privilege of relationship,”he said.
He stated that Osinachi’s crew had a meeting with Mr. Peter to discuss an increase in their pay in accordance with the understanding that Mr. Peter would pay according to the blessing that God had bestowed upon the ministry.
According to him, Peter’s refusal to raise their salaries was due to the fact that the facility was under lockdown at the time, and there were no plenty invites available.
During the course of A.I. Aliyu’s cross examination of the music producer, Peter’s attorney questioned him if he was aware of the illness that Osinachi suffered from. The music producer stated that he was not aware of the illness.
It was inquired of the music producer as to whether or not he had mentioned to the Nigerian Police that he was unable to understand the Igbo language that was being spoken between the deceased woman’s husband and her.
The producer asserted that they did not state that.
Aliyu insisted that the producer’s anger toward Peter was due to the fact that Peter was failing to pay him as agreed upon.
Once more, he disputed the allegations, and as a result, he was kicked from the dock.
Osinachi had passed away on April 8; before to her passing, her coworkers and family members had accused Peter of abusing her, which they believed caused her death.
On Saturday, June 25, 2022, she was laid to rest among sobs in the community of Isochi Umunneochi, which is located in the state of Abia.