14-year-old child bride, Wasila Umaru, who killed her 35-year-old husband after a forceful marriage has been freed from all charges levelled aganst her.
A Kano High Court sitting in Gezawa on Tuedsay, June 9, set free Wasila, 14, accused of killing her husband and three others in April last year.
In his ruling, Justice Mohammed Yahaya ruled that the court had no option but to comply with the application that originated from the Office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice that sought to terminate the case.
“I have no alternative than to pronounce according to the law that the application for nolle proseque is hereby granted,” the presiding judge said.
Consequently, Justice Yahaya declared that Wasila was discharged.
The verdict threw the courtroom into wild jubilation, as hordes of human rights activists were present.