Reprieve came to Wasila Tasi’u, the 15-year-old girl who was accused of
using rat poison to kill the 35-year-old man she was forced to marry.
Nigerian prosecutors on Wednesday withdrew murder charges against her. Prosecutor Lamido Abba Soron-Dinki asked the
High Court in Gezawa, Kano state, to “terminate the case of culpable homicide
against Wasila Tasi’u”, who was 14 when she married Umar Sani.
“With a heavy heart, I apply that the accused be discharged,” he added.
Legal sources in Kano said Nigeria had faced pressure to drop the case which
has angered rights activists.
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