The Excessive Courtroom of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Wuse Zone 2, has sentenced Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late Nigerian Gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, to dying by hanging after discovering him responsible of her dying.
The courtroom pronounced the sentence on Monday throughout a ruling delivered by Justice Nwosu-Iheme after the courtroom had held that the prosecution had confirmed the burden of proof positioned on it by the regulation and subsequently discovered the defendant responsible.
Earlier than sentencing, Nwachukwu’s counsel, Reginald Nwali, pleaded for leniency, whereas the prosecuting counsel, Mrs Aderonke Imala, urged the courtroom to implement the regulation.
Justice Nwosu-Iheme sentences Nwachukwu to dying by hanging on Depend 1. For different fees, he obtained various sentences, together with two years imprisonment on a number of counts, six months on one depend and a fantastic of N500,000 and N200,000 on others.
Refreshing your reminiscence, NewsWatch reported in April 2022 that the gospel singer handed away after allegedly being overwhelmed by her husband.
Whereas some stories claimed she died from most cancers, testimonies from household, church members and neighbours revealed that she was a sufferer of home violence.
This led to Nwachukwu’s arrest and he was arraigned on June third, 2022, by the Workplace of the Attorney General of the Federation (OAGF), representing the Federal Authorities.
He confronted a 23-count cost, together with culpable murder (punishable by dying), felony intimidation, cruelty to youngsters, spousal battery, and different offences.
