KANO – A 14-year-old bride, Wasila Umaru, has allegedly poisoned her 35-year-old groom, Umaru Sani and three of his friends in Ungwar Yansoro village of Gaya local government area, Kano.
It was learnt that the young girl had made use of a rat poison known locally as Shinkafa Bera to lace the food, which she served to her husband and his guests.
The husband and two of the guests, Nasiru Mohammed and Alhassan Alhassan of Yansoro Kademi, were said to have died on the spot, while the third victim, a woman, Indo Ibrahim, died at a hospital.
The girl allegedly confessed that she was responsible for the food poisoning because she had been forced to marry the man who she didn’t love.
Police spokesman Musa Magaji Majiya said the bodies had been taken to the hospital for autopsy.
