Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, has dismissed the no-case submission filed by the husband of Osinachi, the late gospel singer, Peter Nwachukwu.
Delivering the ruling, Justice Nwosu-Iheme, held that the prosecution has established a case against the defendant.
The federal government had filed a 23-count charge against Nwachukwu over the death of Osinachi, his wife.
After pleading not guilty, the judge ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Kuje correctional facility pending further hearing.
The prosecution had called 17 witnesses to testify during the trial, which commenced on 20th June 2022, and ended on March 10, 2023.
Osinachi, who passed away on April 8, 2022, was initially thought to have died of throat cancer.
But family and friends claimed her death was connected to assault by her husband who was later arrested.
The National Hospital in Abuja later issued an autopsy, which revealed that there was no mark of violence on the deceased.
The report listed the cause of Osinachi’s death to include “generalised organ pallor; bilateral leg swelling; fluid in the sac containing the heart; tumour deposits in and on the heart, lungs, kidneys; massively enlarged heart and fluid around the lungs which restrict breathing”.
Following the report, counsel for the Nwachukwu, proceeded to file a no-case submission, implying that Nwachukwu had no case to answer.
He prayed the court to discharge and acquit his client of all allegations.
