About two weeks ago, a 14 year old teenage girl
named Wasila Umaru ,who was
forced into marriage with a 35 year old man,
killed the man and three of his friends with rat
poison by slipping the poison into their meal
during a small wedding party which took place in
the northern Ungwar Yansoro village, at Gaya
LGA near the city of Kano. (If you missed it,
read here)
Wasila now says she regrets killing her husband.
The killing happened 17 days after their
wedding. Speaking with a Vanguard reporter at
Bompai police HQ, Kano, where she is being
held, Wasila said;
“Mine was a classical example of youthful
exuberance; it dawned on me shortly after
that it was a joke taken too far to resolve a
forced marriage question. I have never
enjoyed the opportunity of going to Islamic
school or acquiring Western education. My
father forced me into this mess by
stubbornly forcing me into a relationship I
was not prepared to live in"
"Though my target was my late husband, I
must confess that my blood went cold
when I realized I had committed mass
murder”. Continue...
Narrating how she executed the mass murder,
she said,
“On the fateful day, my husband’s meal
was prepared by the senior wife and put in
my room as I was due in fulfillment of his
rotational duty in a polygamous setting. I
obtained the rat poison for just N100 and,
at my convenience, mixed it with the local
dish prepared for him. When he returned
home for the feast, he came with those
who were destined to die with him. I was
restless but could not stop it from
happening.
"I felt normal and slept after the incident
but the consequence of my action was
clear when I was picked up by the police
and I felt cold for the first time”.
"Destiny appears to have played a wicked
one on me at this early stage of my life and
I would rededicate the rest of my life to
sincerely seek Allah’s forgiveness”.
However, despite the overwhelming evidence the
police have to prosecute the alleged culpable
homicide, they seemed to be in a dilemma due
to age of the suspect.
Commenting on the development, Kano State
Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP
Magaji Musa Majia, said “the case has been
referred to appropriate authorities for the next
line of action”. Majia told Sunday Vanguard: “I
am assuring you that Wasila would appear in
court soon because we have limitation on the
number of days we can keep a suspect no
matter the perceived weakness of the case or
the personality involved”.
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