14year-old child-bride charged with killing husband, 3 others in Kano

Wasila Tasi'u, the 14 year old bride who killed her 35
year husband Umar Sani, and three others in Kademi
village in Gaya Local Government Area in Kano has
been charged with murder.
She was charged today April 14th before a Rijiyar
Zaki Magistrates Court in Kano for alleged culpable
homicide.
The prosecutor, Inspector Yusuf Sale, while testifying
before the Magistrate, Binta Muhammad, said the
accused killed her husband and three others with
food mixed with local rat poison. Sale said her
husband and the three others died on the spot while
six others who ate the meal fell ill immediately and
were rushed to General Hospital Gaya, but were later
treated and discharged.
The girl however pleaded not guilty and was
remanded in prison on the order of Magistrate Binta.