It has been alleged that Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, is one of the inmates who escaped from the Kuje prisons during the terrorist attack on the prison facility last Tuesday, July 5.
Reportedly, over 600 inmates, including Boko Haram terrorists, fled from the facility during the attack.
According to SaharaReporters, multiple security sources have confirmed that Mr. Nwachukwu was one of the inmates who fled.
“During our roll call yesterday, we discovered that the husband of the late gospel singer was missing,” a senior prison official was quoted as saying.
Following a court ruling on June 3, Nwachukwu was remanded at the Kuje Correctional Facility pending the hearing and determination of the homicide-related suit filed against him by the Attorney General of the Federation.
Nwachukwu was arrested and charged to court after allegations from some of her family members and colleagues that his repeated physical attacks on the gospel artiste led to her death on April 8. Nwachukwu was alleged to have kicked Osinachi in the chest, leading to a blood clot that eventually killed her.
Part of the charges filed against him reads;
“That you, Peter Nwachukwu, 56, male, on the 8th of April, 2022, at Aco Estate, opposite police station, Lugbe, Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did commit an offence to wit: culpable homicide punishable with death in that you caused the death of Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu by your various acts of violence and aggravated assault with the knowledge that her death would be the probable consequence of your acts.
“Statement of offence: Emotional, verbal and psychological abuse contrary to Section 14(1) of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 and punishable under the same section of the Act.
“Particular of offence: That you, Peter Nwachukwu, male, sometime between 14th November 2009 and April 2022 at Aco Estate, opposite police station, Lugbe, Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did commit an offence to wit: emotional, verbal and psychological abuse on Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu (deceased) by humiliating her and making utterances like ‘you are smelling,’ ‘you are mad,’ to her in the presence of her music crew members.”