Girl, 16, “kills husband with rat poison” in Kano

A teenage girl who resides at Shittar village, Danbatta Local Government Area of Kano State, has been remanded in prison for allegedly poisoning her husband to death.

The 16-year-old girl, was on Tuesday, brought to a Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, where she’s facing a count charge of culpable homicide.

The accused got remanded in children’s remand home following the death of Auwalu Isa who was her husband.

According to the prosecutor, Insp. Aluta Mijinyawa, one Ibrahim Yahaya of the same address reported the matter at Danbatta Police Division on April 25.

The Chief Magistrate, Hajiya Fatima Adamu, who ordered the remand, adjourned the matter until June 7 for mention.

Adamu said that the accused on April 22, at about 7 p.m., cooked food for Isah, 35, and mixed it with rat poison.

“After her husband ate the food, he died instantly as a result of food poising,’’ he said.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.