I invited Osinachi Nwachukwu to sing three times, she never opened up — Uma Ukpai

Clergyman Rev. Uma Ukpai has said the late gospel artiste Osinachi Nwachukwu behaved like someone who did not have anyone to confide in for help.

Osinachi died on April 8 in Abuja. She is alleged to have endured years of domestic abuse from her husband Peter Nwachukwu.

“The girl that died sang for me about three times and she never told me she had a problem,” president of Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association Incorporated told journalists ahead of his Easter evangelism session scheduled to take place at the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly in Abuja.

“As someone popular, if a man was molesting her, she should have raised her voice and attracted help. People like me, I am ready to help her to confront the man.

“I once lost a sister through maltreatment by her husband. I cried and I promised myself that I will not allow another woman to go through that pain. If she had told us, we would have fought for her.

“She acted like someone that has no one to help her. Information is all what we need and we would have confronted him but I know God is already fighting for her.”

On state of the nation, he maintained that no politician had a right to rule over the country if he was not in love with the people.

Ukpai said, “No man has a right to rule over us if he is not in love with us. All our leaders should probe and examine their hearts. If you don’t love us, step down and allow those who love us to lead us.

“This is because what one love is what one can die for. Those who are not ready to die for us should leave us alone. Whoever wants to rule us must first fall in love for us and pay the price of loving us.”