NIGERIA: Case of Teenage Bride Accused of Poisoning Husband Transferred to Juvenile Court

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The Kano State Court of Justice yesterday ordered the transfer of the case of a 14-year-old bride, Wasila Umar, to a juvenile court.
 
Wasila was alleged to have killed her husband and three others after they ate a meal she allegedly applied poison.
 
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) had since taken over the case and sought for its transfer to a juvenile court.
 
The case was before a Magistrate’s Court 34 sitting at Rijiyar Zaki area in the Kano metropolis, presided over by Binta Muhammad Ahmad.
 
A letter issued on  April 30 and signed by the Chief Registrar, High Court of Justice, Sani Shehu Beli, had contained a statement directing the court to hand over the case to the Juvenile Court sitting at Gidan Murtala in Kano.
 
However, the later was also copied to the chairperson, FIDA, Husaina Aliyu Ibrahim.
The teen-bride has been in detention since April 14 when police arrested her at Kauyen Ya'n Soro village in Gaya Local Government Area of the state, following the demise of her 35-year-old husband, Umar Sani and three others.
 
Wasila was accused of serving the unsuspecting quartet a local delicacy, danwake, smeared with rat poison, popularly known as shinkafar bera in Hausa, which they ate and died shortly after.
 
Wasila was believed to have been forced into marriage by her parents, a situation that allegedly prompted her to poison her husband.
 
“I am calling on these people who offered to help me (FIDA) to please do all they can to set me free, because I did not know the gravity of what I did. If I knew he would die, I would not have smeared his food with the rat poison,” the teenager said tearfully.
 
The case has generated  great national and international interest, with several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) offering legal aid to the e mbattled teen-bride.
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