Category: Crime

The Federal Government has filed 23-count charges against Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late popular gospel artist, Osinachi, who died on April 8 after he allegedly assaulted her.

He was charged under sections 104 and 379 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, by the Attorney-General of the Federation.

The defendant was charged with culpable homicide contrary to section 221 of the Penal Code which is punishable with death by hanging.

My the soil of Osinachi continue to rest in peace, Amen.

Recall that the remains of Deborah were laid to rest in her hometown, Tungan Magajiya in Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State Saturday evening.

She was stoned to death and set ablaze on Thursday by her fellow students for allegedly making a blasphemous statement on a WhatsApp group against Prophet Mohammed.

Reacting to the death of their daughter, the bereaved parents said they have nothing to say or do regarding the loss of their child, but have decided to leave everything in the hands of God.

Speaking with the father, Mr. Emmanuel Garba, a security personnel with the Niger State Water Works Cooperation at Tungan-Magajiya said, “we can’t say or do anything, except to take it easy as an act of God. We have left all to God, we have decided to take it like that”.

On who brought back the body of his deceased daughter from Sokoto State, the father explained that he personally went and brought back her remains to be buried.

“I personally went and brought back the body of my daughter to enable me to bury my own child. This is because keeping her in the morgue will not return her back.

“When I got there, I met government officials and made them understand the need to allow me take her back home and they agreed with me. When we got to the morgue, those in charge asked me to sign the necessary documents and I did. They released the corpse to me.”

On who paid for the transportation, Garba, “I personally, paid the sum of N120,000 to the driver out of many that refused to convey her back home and it is because of the condition of the remains. Most drivers we approached all refused except one.”

Confirming the call by the Sokoto State Government that the body of his daughter should not be returned home, the father of the deceased stated, “the government wanted me to leave the remains, when they called me, I said no, they should allow me to please, bury my daughter.”

Also, the mother, Mrs. Alheri Emmanuel, told our reporter that Deborah was the second of the seven children, adding that it’s so sad to have lost her at such a young age, whom they were relying on to help support them in the future.

On her medical condition, the mother of the deceased explained that she is stable now and discharged from the hospital, where she was admitted upon hearing the news of the gruesome murder of her daughter.

Amid tears, Mrs. Alheri stated,”I have nothing to say, I am grateful to God and for your efforts. I have given God my heart and may God strengthen me. We have nothing to say.

“Because of what happened to me, I will no longer send my children to schools where so much money is involved. Because of her education, the education of some of her siblings suffered as it is so difficult to care for them all at the same time. And, now things are difficult for us”.

Also, her elder brother, Nakaka Garba, when asked for his reaction, he simply stated, “I have nothing to say, we are pained by what happened, but we have left all to God.”

On why their daughter answered Deborah ‘Samuel’ instead of ‘Garba’, the father further added, “she has been living with my brother since she was in primary school and had been using the name”.

The Imam of National Mosque Abuja, Ibrahim Maqari, says Muslims have some red lines which must not be crossed especially as regards the dignity of the Prophet.

The Imam said this at a time when a Christian female student Deborah Samuel was burnt to death by a mob for blasphemy in Sokoto state.

Imam Maqari hinted consequences awaited those who crossed the religion’s red lines.

He noted that if grievances are not properly addressed no one should be criticised for addressing them individually.

A statement posted on the Imam’s Twitter account. read: “It should be known to everyone that we the Muslims have some red lines beyond which MUST NOT be crossed. The dignity of the Prophet (PBUH) is at the forefront of the red lines.

“If our grievances are not properly addressed, then you should not be criticized for addressing them ourselves.”

Meanwhile, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has ordered students to vacate the school till further notice.

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“And when you see those who engage in making fun of Our revelations (Blasphemy), stay away from them till they turn to another topic. And if Satan causes you to forget, then after the remembrance sit not you in the company of those people who are the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers).

Quran (6:68)

From the above verse, the stance of present-day Muslims goes totally against the teachings of the Quran. Whenever anyone in their judgment commits an act of ‘abuse of the Prophet in speech or in writing, they instantly demand that all those who insult the Prophet be beheaded.

This verse of the Quran makes it plain that it is not the task of the Muslims to establish “media watch” offices and hunt for anyone involved in acts of defamation of the Prophet, and then plan for their killing as in the case of what happened in Sokoto.

Muslims are advised instead to retort with reciting Durud, salutations of peace, on the Holy Prophet.

What those students did in Sokoto is an abomination of every etiquette in Islam of being courteous, patient and knowledgeable in the face of people who may hate, or are uneducated against Islam.

The Blasphemy Law is against the Quran and Sunnah, it does not serve Islam but instead drives people away from Islam when in reality a person like the Holy prophet attracted people to Islam by doing good deeds instead.

A female National Youth Service Corps,NYSC, member declared missing on April 14 in Abuja, has been found dead, her body mutilated.

According to a statement released by NYSC on their social media handles, Stephanie Se-ember Terungwa Edward Achado’s body was found in her NYSC trousers, with some of her body parts removed by the killers. Her family declared the fair-complexioned lady missing, in a notice shared on the social media….

Gunmen have reportedly killed one policeman in an invasion of Isuofia community, the home town of Anambra Governor, Prof Charles Soludo.

The incident occurred at the junction leading to the Governor’s house where security operatives erected a post

The idea of building the security post at the junction reportedly angered the hoodlums who stormed the area shooting non- stop, forcing residents to scamper for safety.

Governor Charles Soludo was said to have travelled abroad to have a little rest before the gunmen struck on Friday morning.

Anambra police spokesman, Ikenga Tochukwu has not confirmed the Shooting incident though sources within the Security establishment confirmed it.

The source added that only one policeman was killed by the gunmen and not three as being speculated.

Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late gospel music star, Osinachi, has a ‘secret’ wife outside of their turbulent union. Nwachukwu is believed to have wedded the woman with whom he shares a romantic relationship in a church but hid the union from Osinachi and her family.

The romance, which began before Nwachukwu sought the hand of the late gospel artiste in marriage, is believed to have gone south after the woman bore a child for him.These facts came to the fore when one of the children of the deceased gospel star found an old photo album hidden in his father’s room.The child, whose name is withheld for apparent reasons, said their mother had suspicions that their father was having a secret affair, but could not lay her hands on any concrete evidence.

Narrating how he discovered the photo album which exposed Mr. Nwachukwu’s secret, the kid said: “One day, my father was away and forgot to lock up his room. So, I entered and a voice within told me to explore the room. Then, I saw the album and out of curiosity, I opened it and saw daddy’s old photographs. From the photos, I could see that my daddy lived a wayward life.“So, I closed the album and kept it where daddy hid it. I couldn’t tell mummy or anyone because I was very afraid that daddy will kill me, if he found out that I knew about the photos.

Mummy once tried to search for things like this (album) in daddy’s room, but could not find anything.”Meanwhile, after the child brought out the hidden secret album for the world to see, the already distraught relatives of the late gospel singer were shocked to know that Mr. Peter Nwachukwu, was hitherto married to another woman in a church long before coming for Osinachi’s hand in marriage about 10 years ago.

A family source also told Vanguard, “We never knew Nwachukwu was previously married to another woman. If ever we knew about ot prior to now, we may not have allowed Osinachi to marry him. Osinachi must have been through a lot of pain which she, unfortunately, kept away from us.”It would be recalled that the 42-year-old Osinachi died last Friday after spending days at the National Hospital in Abuja.

Colleagues of Osinachi, who was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Headquarters, Abuja, accused her husband, Peter Nwachukwu, of beating her to death.However, the husband was arrested by the police over alleged culpable homicide.Meanwhile, a post-mortem examination would be carried out to ascertain the cause of Osinachi’s death today Wednesday 13th of April at the National Hospital, Abuja.

Pastor Peter Nwachukwu, the arrested husband of late Osinachi Nwachukwu has polluted the mind of the children. Telling them beating women is good.In a chat with the first born, the boy gave the graphic ordeal his mom has been going thru with his dad and how he beats her up in any little argument. He said, my dad pushed my mom out of the car at night after Wednesday service and bad boys snatched my mom bag that night, how mom got home that night we can’t tell because dad left her.

People dashed my mom two cars (pointing at the cars outside) but dad at times will say my mom should take bike while we go in the car. Even when we are coming back from church my mom will stand under the sun, we will drive pass her and wave at her.My dad told us that beating women is good. My mom always keep quiet for my daddy and she always forgive, now she is dead. But we are happy that dad has been arrested because he shout at us and beat us too.

A well known Nigerian politician, Joe Igbokwe who was the spokesperson of All Progressive Congress, APC, Lagos State chapter has taken to his official Facebook page to react after bandits reportedly attacked Abuja-Kaduna train.

It was reported that bandits, on Monday, attacked a train heading to Kaduna state from Abuja. According to information gathered from a reliable source, the bandits detonated a bomb on the rail track of Abuja-Kaduna train, and successful immobilized it at a point between Katari and Rijana.

Reacting to this sad incident, the exceptionally boisterous APC supporter, and special adviser to the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on drainage and water resources, Joe Igbokwe took to his official Facebook page and shades the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members to be the master minders of the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train, stressing that when they were in power for 16 years, they could not build one station, but now look at what they are doing with heavy project that took Nigeria billions of dollars to build, adding that something is not right.

Further speaking, Joe Igbokwe lamented that yesterday they attacked the railway in Kaduna, and today they attacked the Abuja Stadium, adding that if care is not taken, they may bomb the 2nd Niger bridge in order to win the 2023 Presidential election.

Mustapha popularly known as Mompha and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, appeared before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday.Mompha, who is finally free on bail, had been in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) since January 18.In one of the counts, EFCC said in 2016, Mompha, Ahmadu Mohammed (at large) and Ismalob Global conspired to conduct financial transactions to the tune of N5,998,884,653 by false pretence.The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges following which his counsel, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN) applied for bail.Justice Dada granted bail to Mompha in the sum of N25million, with two sureties, one of whom must own a property worth N50million.The case has been adjourned till April 6, 2022. The defendant already submitted his passport.In January, court granted Mompha bail in the sum of N200million, with two sureties in like sum, one of whom must own a property worth N100million.