Metro 14-year old Child Bride Faces Murder Trial for Poisoning Husband at Wedding Ceremony

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According to Yahoo! news, a 14-year old Nigerian girl will be tried for murder because she poisoned her husband and three other men at a wedding ceremony.

She, according to reports, said she poisoned her husband because she didn't love him and was forced to marry him.

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A 14-year-old girl accused of poisoning the 35-year-old man she was forced to marry was set to go on trial for murder in northern #Nigeria on Monday, a case that has thrown the spotlight on the influence of Islamic law in region.

Wasila Tasi'u has also been charged with the murder of three others who allegedly ate the food laced with rat poison that she prepared and served in April this year, a week after her marriage to Umaru Sani.

Police say Tasi'u confessed to poisoning Sani and his guests at the wedding party in the village of Unguwar Yansoro village, about 60 kilometres (40 miles) outside Nigeria's second city of #Kano.

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