A 14-year-old girl in Kano State, Wasila Tasi’u, may face the hangman’s noose in the coming days if convicted of murder. The young bride is accused of killing her 35-year-old husband, Umar Sani, in April with rat poison.
During her trial on Thursday at a High Court in Gezawa, a town on the outskirts of Kano, Wasila was charged with one count of murder.
Lead prosecutor, Lamido Abba Soron-Dinki, said that if convicted, the teenager would be punished by death, ruling out any form of mercy.
Wasila, who many critics said was forced to marry Sani, however pleaded not guilty when the charge was explained to her after initially refusing to respond in court and forcing the case to be adjourned for half an hour.
Though the affected families have denied claims that the young bride was forced into marriage and that their relationship followed the traditional system of courtship, activists have condemned the persecution of the teenager, calling for her immediate and unconditional release.
The presiding judge, Mohammed Yahaya, adjourned the suit to November 26, 2014. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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35 yrs old man fr 14 yrs old girl............... my dear yu evn pity the man if na me na suckaway i go troway the man.......lolzzzz
ReplyDeleteThey should leave her alone. Where were the authorities when she was crying that she does not want to marry-the "Lead prosecutor, Lamido Abba Soron-Dinki, The presiding judge, Mohammed Yahaya", and all those persecuting now??. Married na by force in this age?. That's the issue with Islam - everything by force, makes people to become mumu and mugu.
ReplyDeleteBetter stupid men marrying their daughters! She hv heart and is a good thing! I wish all the girls hv dat heart so that the stupid men will leave Youngs girls alone
ReplyDeleteThese are the things that are making the Islamic religion more and more feared and difficult to sell. You claim the religion is peaceful but any offence all you think is how to kill the offender. No forgiveness, no re-abilitation for those who err, no counselling, no attempt to use incentives to attract people; it is force, force, force and killings. And what on earth is a little girl of 14 doing as a wife to a man older than her generation? Is she not supposed to be in school and still under the care of her parents? Even many people who are in their 30s and 40s are still trying to grapple with the phenomenon of love and the challenges of marriage; here, you forced a liitle girl into marriage and you do not expect he to misbehave. I am absolutely sure that they will not kill her. They dare not. The Government won't allow it. Not in the Federal Republic of Nigeria!
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