
Prosecutors in Nigeria have dropped a murder charge against a 15 year old who was accused of poisoning a 35 year old man she had been married to.The girl Wadila Tasi'u was faced with a case of culpable homicide.She was 14 years when she was married off to Umar Sani.Prosecutor Lamido Aba Soron Dinki asked the High Court in Gezawa,Kano state to ''Terminate the case of culpable homicideagainst Wasila Tadi'u.Whit a heavy heart,i apply that the accused be discharged''.However Judge Mohammed Yahaya who was preciding over the case,told the court he required either a written or oral,presentation from the office of Kano's Attorney General before formally dropping the charges and agreeing to Tasiu's release.He ordered that the presentation to be made on June 9 2015.In 2014,the girl admitted killing her husband by concealing rat poison in his food.Three other people also died and 10 were taken to the hospital apparently after eating the same food.The girls father had forced her to marry the 35 year old man.The murder charge dates back to April 5 2014,when her husband Sani hosted a small wedding celebration at his home in the small Kano village of Unguwar Yansoro.Prosecutors claimed that Tasi'u prepared the food and laced it with rat poison before serving it to her guests.Four people,including Sani her husband died within hours of eating the meal.Judicial sources said the Kano state government intended to offer financial compensation to the victims families.
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