The 14-year-old Nigerian girl, Wasila Tasi’u, accused of murdering her 35-year-old husband by putting rat poison in his food played dumb in court yesterday.
She failed to utter a word in court during her trial at the Gezawa High Court, Kano.
Prosecutors at the High Court in Gezawa, filed an amended complaint that charged Tasi’u with one count of murder over the killing of Umar Sani two weeks after their April wedding in the village of Unguwar Yansoro.
Lead prosecutor, Lamido Abba Soron-Dinki said that if convicted, the charge is “punishable with death” and indicated that the state would seek the maximum penalty.
When asked if she understood the charges, she refused to answer.
The case was adjourned for 30 minutes so the charges could be better explained to the defendant, but when the alleged offences were read again Tasi’u stayed silent, turned her head to the wall and broke down in tears.
The presiding judge, therefore, adjourned the matter to November 26 and 27 to continue hearing and also ordered that the suspect be returned to remand home.
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