A 14-year-old girl has killed four persons including her husband at Ungwar Maisoro, Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State.
Confirming the incidence, spokesman of the Kano State Police Command, ASP Musa Magaji Majiya, said the culprit Wasila Umaru deliberately poured rodent pesticide in the food she served her husband Umaru Sani and several others who attended their wedding ceremony.
Wasila confessed to the act, justifying it on grounds of forced marriage to a man she didn’t love.
The other 10 person who ate the food alongside the 4 deceased have all been discharged after brief hospitalization.
A teenage bride, Wasila Umaru, has allegedly killed her 35-year-old husband, Umaru Sani, and three others in Ungwar Maisoro, Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State, with a rat poison which she administered on the food she served the victim and 14 of his friends.
Spokesman of the Kano State Police Command, ASP Musa Magaji Majiya, who revealed this at a press conference yesterday, said 14-year-old Wasila reportedly bought the rodent pesticide known in local parlance as Shinkafa Bera, at a village market for N8.
The unsuspecting husband and three of his friends were said to have eaten the poisonous food and gave up the ghost in the process.
Two of the friends, Nasiru Mohammed and Alhassan Alhassan of Yansoro Kademi, died on the spot, while the other female victim, Indo Ibrahim, lost her life at the hospital.
The ten others who ate the food alongside the deceased were treated and discharged at the hospital.
Wasila confessed to the act, justifying it on the ground of forced marriage to a man she didn’t love.
“On 5/4/2014 at about 22;00hrs, an information was received at Gaya Division that one Wasila Umaru, 14 years old, of Yansoro Kademi, Gaya LGA, Kano, bought rodenticides (Shinkafa Bera) and diluted it into her husband’s food…
“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.
Meanwhile, two persons, Gaddafi Inusa and Hayadu Ibrahim, died after drinking Zobo juice laced with a poisonous substance known as Zakami during a wedding at Ungwar Uku quarters, Kano.
The police, on getting the information, swung into action and effected the arrest of the first two suspects who fled to Bauchi State.
“On 31/03/2014, at about 20:40hrs, information was received from a Good Samaritan on the same date about 15:00- 16:00hrs, that a wedding ceremony of one Ahmed Musa was organised at Ungwar Uku Quarters, Kano.
“During the celebration, one Abdullahi Shuaibu, alias Abba Kwaya, Abubakar Musa, alias Abba Teko and Abubakar Aliyu, alias Kwalla, all males, of Ungwar Uku, conspired and adulterated the Zobo juice with poisonous substance, Zakami, which was served to the guests.