3 Nigerian Gospel Singers Who Died This Year

This year has brought its fair share of both really good news and also heart-shattering devastating news. There is no worse news than the news of death, and today Nigerians were hit with very devastating news from the gospel music sector. Today we'll be remembering the three departed gospel singers we've lost this year. Without further ado, here they are.

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1. Sammie Okposo

Nigerian gospel singer Sammie Okposo who was responsible for bringing us such gospel hits as "Welu Welu", "Naija Praise", "Na Only You I Know", "Jehovah Idi Ebube", and many more. So many of his songs till today are part and parcel of most churches' praise and worship sessions around the country.

On the 25th of November, 2022, it was reported that the iconic singer Sammie Okposo had passed away days after he was admitted into a hospital where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. The singer died aged 51 and is survived by his wife, Ozioma Okposo, and his children.

2. Osinachi Nwachukwu

Nigerian gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu who was most popular for her voice on the popular songs "Ekwueme", "The Cry", "God of Power (Ikem)" and more had one of the most talked about deaths in the country after her passing earlier this year.

The singer died aged 42 on the 8th of April 2022. At the time of her passing, it was reported that she died after battling an undisclosed ailment. Shortly after, her husband said she died of lung cancer. Then Osinachi's elder sister Favour Made came out to say:

She did not die of cancer. The husband, Mr Peter Nwachukwu hit her with his leg on the chest. All these while, he had been beating her but my sister hid all that she was passing through from us. Before now, we told her to come out of the marriage, we told her that they are not divorcing, that it’s just separation. But she felt that God is against divorce. We told her that separation is not a sin but just for her to stay alive and take care of her children. She will always tell us to relax that the man will change.

So, when the man kicked her on the chest, she fell down and he took her to the hospital but he did not even tell us. It was her friend who lives in Ebonyi state that called her twin sister, because Osinachi has a twin sister, to ask, ‘did your sister tell you that Peter hit her on the chest? the sister then told her no. It was the hitting on the chest that killed her.

Her husband, Peter Nwachukwu, denies the accusation saying:

Let me tell the whole world, I have suffered a lot. I have been abandoned. What killed my wife was cancer of the lungs; I didn’t hit my wife. Cancer of the lungs killed my wife, Osinachi Nwachukwu, so I’m suffering for what I do not know

Osinachi Nwachukwu is survived by 4 children.

3. Chinedu Nwadike

Gospel singer, Chinedu Nwadike, is the last and youngest person on today's list. The talented singer responsible for such songs as "Chi Anyi Di" and "Jesus Kwue Okwu" tragically died on the 3rd of June, 2022 at the very young age of 39.

He died after a long battle with chronic kidney disease and is survived by his wife and three children.

May the soul of all the departed rest in perfect peace.

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