Caroline Madu, mother of the late gospel singer, Osinachi
Nwachukwu, on Monday pleaded with the Federal Capital Territory High Court in
Abuja, to help her get justice for her daughter.
Madu told the court that she and Osinachi’s siblings were
never allowed to visit the deceased, except one time when she was ill.
The 61-year-old narrated that she visited her daughter when
she was sick and when they went to church, Peter left them stranded and drove
away with the children.
She said Peter called her a witch and sent her out of his
house.
“I saw her last in December when she came to Enugu for a
programme and before then there was a time she left her matrimonial home
because of the ill-treatment and she stayed with me for a year and three months
before Peter came with a pastor to beg that he had turned a new leaf.
“However, after she returned and gave birth to her third
child, she called me that she was hungry and I had to send my son Chibuzor with
foodstuff to her in Abuja.
“My son after four days called me that he was no longer
comfortable as Peter poured water on him and told him never to help in washing
his children’s clothes and poured water on Osinachi and her newborn baby when
she was praying,” she testified.
The defence counsel, I.A Aliyu, however, objected when Madu
was asked if she never visited her daughter after delivery, in line with Igbo
culture,
Imana in response submitted that Section 7 of the Evidence
Act stated that the law stipulated that she could ask questions geared towards
areas that would bring out facts leading to the charge against the defendant.
But the judge, Njideka Nwosu- Iheme, sustained the objection
saying Section 215 of the Evidence Act allowed questions geared towards areas
that would bring out facts, but not questions that would elicit expected
responses.
She also restrained the prosecutor from asking the witness
direct questions.
When asked if her daughter had other health challenges apart
from ulcer, Madu replied in the negative.
She further stated that she was aware that the matter was
being investigated but she did not know the outcome of the investigation which
was carried out by the police.
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