Nigeria: the circumstances of the death of a gospel singer are controversial

Osinachi Nwachukwu, in his “Power of God” music video.

© Youtube/Osinachi Nwachukwu (screenshot)

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This is a case that is talking about in Nigeria, and beyond its borders.

While gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu initially died of an illness on April 8, her husband, suspected of beating her, has since been arrested.

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Osinachi Nwachukwu died on April 8, after several days of hospitalization, in Abuja.

After her death, members of her entourage, including her mother, claim that the singer was under the influence of her violent husband.

Peter Nwachukwu, who was also the gospel singer's agent, was questioned by Nigerian police.

Investigators searched the couple's home.

Earlier this week, the Youth branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria wrote to the Inspector General of Police asking for an investigation on the basis of credible testimony that the artist had been fatally injured by her husband. 

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 ”, writes the youth association, kept hidden.

The founder of the Dunamis International Gospel Center Evangelical Church, to which Osinachi Nwachukwu belonged, spoke in a

published on Wednesday evening.

Pastor Paul Enenche assures that he was unaware, before his death, that the artist suffered the violence of her husband, adding that he was only aware of health problems detected in the lungs. 

The Nigerian NGO Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP), mobilized in the fight against domestic violence, is calling for light to be shed on the circumstances of the singer's death.

Osinachi Nwachukwu, the performer of the

, was 42 years old.

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