Kano state Government has filed a fresh charge of culpable
homicide punishable by death against 14 year old child bride, Wasila Tasiu, who
in April 2014 allegedly poisoned her 35 year old husband, Umar Sani and three
of his friends in Kano, 17 days after she was forced to marry him. According
to Vanguard, the fresh charge was filed
following an outcry by judicial practitioners who were against a juvenile court
handling the trial of the 14 year old girl.
The development followed the withdrawal of the case that has
attracted local and international attention from the juvenile court to a Kano
State High Court over what judicial sources attributed to “lack of jurisdiction
by the lower court”.
The three-page documents stated inter alia: “By the power
conferred upon the Attorney General of Kano State of Nigeria under Section
211(1) (a) (b) and (c) of the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and Section 7
of the Criminal Procedure Code Law Cap. 37 Laws of Kano State which delegate
powers, I do hereby seek, under Criminal Procedure Code, to charge for trial of
Wasila Tasiu”.
The charge sheet further read, “That you, Wasila Tasiu, 14
years, of Yansoro village , Gaya Local Government Council, on or about the 5th
day of April, 2014, at about 14:30 hours, at Yansoro village, Gaya within the
Kano Judicial Division, did commit culpable homicide punishable with death in that you caused the death of
four persons.
“Wasila Tasiu allegedly killed Umar Sani, 35, Hassan
Alhassan, 25, Nasiru Muhammad, 13, and Indo Ibrahim, 12, by poisoning them with
a rat killer substance in their food, with intention of causing their deaths
and you hereby committed an offence under Section 221 (a) of the Penal Code Law
of Kano State 1990, Cap 105.”
The suit has been slated for hearing on August 4 at Kano
State High Court, Gezewa just as Sunday Vanguard learnt that the suspect’s
lawyers had been served.
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