A packed Kano State High Court, yesterday, heard testimony that a 14-year-old girl admitted to killing her 35-year-old husband with rat poison, and signed a police confession with a thumbprint because she cannot write.

The girl, from a poor and conservative Muslim family, has been charged with murdering her husband, Umar Sani, days after their marriage in Kano State.

Because she does not understand English, homicide investigator Abdullahi Adamu translated her statement from the Hausa language.

She could not write her name, so “she had to use a thumbprint,” he told the court, during his testimony on the last day of the prosecution’s case.

Co-wife’s story
The state’s lawyers, who are seeking the death penalty, also called to the stand Tasi’u’s co-wife, identified as Ramatu.

Ramatu said she got along well with Tasi’u and that the two had prepared the food together on April 5, the day Sani died.

She testified that because it was Tasi’u’s turn to share bed with Sani, Tasi’u was also entitled to serve his meal.

“After putting the food in the dish, I did not see anybody put anything in it,” Ramatu said.
She said later her husband was helped back to the house by a neighbour, unable to walk and foaming at the mouth.

The court overflowed, with crowd spilling out of the gallery door and people peering in through the open windows.

The case has sparked outrage among human rights activists, who say Nigeria should be treating Tasi’u as a victim, noting the possibility that she was raped by the man she married.

Sharia
However, others in the region, including relatives of the defendant and the deceased, have rejected the notion that Tasi’u was forced into marriage.

They have said that 14 is a common age to marry and that Tasi’u chose Sani from among many suitors.

A motion by defence lawyers to have the case moved to juvenile court was rejected, despite claims by human rights lawyers that she was too young to stand trial for murder in a high court.

Further complicating the case is the role of Sharia, which allows children to marry according to some interpretations.

While sharia is technically in force in Kano, law enforcement officials have no guidelines concerning how it should be balanced with the secular criminal codes, creating a complex legal hybrid system.
According to Human Rights Watch, Nigeria is not known to have executed a juvenile offender since 1997.

The trial has been adjourned until February 16, 2015.

Source:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/child-bride-confesses-killing-husband-rat-poison/


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She is a threat where Sharia law is in force.
Is she a threat under orthodox Nigerian laws?

"Blind ignorance doth mislead thee.
O ye mortals! Open thine eyes."
-Leonardo Da Vinci.

yea you took your destiny in ur hands...life is a gamble it self..they claim we have rights and freedom...but it's their freedom to use against our wish...I pray for the creator to forgive you...they might kill you or you might be freed...but I know u solved your biggest problem at that point in time it is not easy...I wish you goodluck I hope you scale through but if you don't I know your soul will be proud of ending the suffering...

"sometimes I wonder is life really wot leaving when it is not favourable"

islam is the world's major problem, simple.

First of all, thank God i'm a christian and lastly «CONGRATS» young lady.




Why she no go kill the man, which hole 35 years old man want use for 14years old girl body, the mouth? I guess she thought it wise to kill the man first before he kills her with his Anaconda.

That's good.
A child that suppose to be in school, or rather be under her mum's protection already sharing and co-sharing bed with a man.
Free her and let her live her "deserved" life, mr or mrs Judge!

Follow this girls footsteps o ye dat are a oppressed... Kill dem with rat poison since they don't know that you are minors

JESU !!!!

Some people are still barbaric sha.

Z

She's 14 ,He's 35 ...Lord Have Murcy!
Its not fair, grown men "Yerima-ing" small small Chu-Dren
Ehen what's GMB's plan for Paedophilia under the guise of marriage?

X

Served the st*pid man right.... Thumbs up Lil girl

Life isn't always fair.

End time things

This really is a complex case. I still believe she shouldn't have resorted to murdering her husband.

She did nothing wrong shaa, but d Religion of Piss wud want to blame n condemn her.

Imagine! !!! 14 years and 35 years...
They will still blame GEJ

wow! [color=#006600][/color]

Nice One!!!! Keep It Up!!!

Pls which of the rat killer did u use??

Blame uncle Yerima

Islam : 4cking teenage girls since the days of Muhammad.

lordmayor2013:
Pls which of the rat killer did u use??

You can use any

May be na bokoharam rat killer she used..

oya .....let religion bashing start...

Spreads mat and take cup of coffee....

sukkot:
she killed the rat with poison

Lol... Indeed the man is a rat

Small Pikin Y Nw. Did Ur HUSBAND Decamp To PDP

35-14 equal 21.


thanks.