the widower of the deceased, Peter Nwachukwu<\/a> brutalised his late wife and her four kids, adding that the late gospel artiste had no bank account of her own as all her proceeds were usurped by her husband.<\/p>\nThe minister said,\u201cIt is so traumatizing, so heartbreaking, the death of Osinachi.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cWhen I came into the compound, I saw the children, four beautiful children; three boys, one girl. He (Peter) had told the children that they should not speak about the things that have been happening in the house.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI came in with all the directors in the ministry. When I was asking questions, I saw that the children were not forthcoming. I excused everyone and said I wanted to have a one-on-one with the children.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI first spoke with the first son. I asked him, \u2018Do you love your mother?\u2019 He said, \u2018Yes\u2019. \u2018Has your mummy taught you to tell lies?\u2019 He said, \u2018Yes\u2019. I asked him if she is still alive and he said she is dead. \u2018Do you know that she is now your angel and she is now watching you?\u2019 He said, \u2018Yes\u2019. \u2018So, it will be very sad if you tell lies\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI introduced myself and I told him the President is concerned, every Nigerian is concerned, we all join them to mourn Osinachi\u2019s death but what we want from him is the truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cThen he opened up\u2026 And said that their dad used to beat their mom and their mom was always sad. He would beat her and flog her. He said their father would gather them in the room and be beating them and if the mom comes into the room to stop him, he would turn back on her and beat her up. And that has always been the issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cThey said it was their mom that runs around on her gospel music, comes back with her money, in fact, if the money is paid through (a) bank account, it was paid into his account. She has no account of her own, any money she has, he collects it and gives her just peanut for feeding and when she cooks, he started shouting and beating her. And their mom was living in fear and was always sad.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cIt was such a horrible story from a young boy that is said to be just 12. I asked him what class he is and he said Class Five. At the age of 12? I said, \u2018Why?\u2019 And he said he can\u2019t even read. So, mentally, this child is already destroyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI was battling with tears and when he finished, I called on the second son.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\nTallen further said \u201cthe second son repeated the same horrible situation as<\/strong>\u00a0well as the third son.”<\/strong><\/p>\nThe minister vowed that justice would be served on the matter as it would be followed to a logical conclusion.<\/p>\n
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