A 14-year-old girl forced to marry a 35-
year-old man in Nigeria prepared a
celebratory meal laced with rat poison for
her new hubby — killing him and three of
his pals.
Wasila Umaru said she concocted and
served up the deadly recipe because she
was forced to marry Umaru Sani, a man
she did not love.
The couple was married last week, and the
groom had invited a dozen friends to
celebrate at his village about 60 miles from
the north Nigerian city of Kano over the
weekend.
A spokesman for the Kano State Police
Command, Musa Magaji Majiya, told the
website CKNnigeria that Wasila bought the
rodent pesticide known as Shinkafa Bera
at a village market for less than a US
penny.
The unsuspecting husband and two of his
male friends died on the spot shortly after
the toxic chow down.
A woman who also shared the food died
later at a hospital, where 10 others who
also had eaten the meal were treated and
released.
Wasila confessed, justifying the killings on
the grounds that she was forced to marry
an older man she wanted no part of.
“The suspect confessed to the act and
claimed that because she does not love her
husband, she resorted to taking this
option. Corpses were taken to hospital for
examination. Investigation is on top gear,”
the police spokesman said.
Nigerian news accounts did not disclose
which dish she prepared for the party.
Child marriage is common in Nigeria,
especially in the mainly Muslim north.
Majia said Thursday that the teenage
suspect is cooperating with police and
probably will be charged with culpable
homicide.
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