Spokesman of the Kano State Police Command, ASP Musa Magaji Majiya, who revealed this at a press conference yesterday, said 14-year-old Wasila reportedly bought the rodent pesticide known in local parlance as Shinkafa Bera, at a village market for N8.
The unsuspecting husband and three of his friends were said to have eaten the poisonous food and gave up the ghost in the process.
Two of the friends, Nasiru Mohammed
and Alhassan Alhassan of Yansoro Kademi, died on the spot, while the other
female victim, Indo Ibrahim, lost her life at the hospital.
The ten others who ate the food
alongside the deceased were treated and discharged at the hospital.
Wasila confessed to the act,
justifying it on the ground of forced marriage to a man she didn’t love. “On
5/4/2014 at about 22;00hrs, an information was received at Gaya Division that
one Wasila Umaru, 14 years old, of Yansoro Kademi, Gaya LGA, Kano, bought
rodenticides (Shinkafa Bera) and diluted it into her husband’s food…
“The suspect confessed to the act and
claimed that because she does not love her husband, she resorted to taking this
option. Corpses were taken to hospital for examination. Investigation is on top
gear,” the police spokesman said.
Meanwhile, two persons, Gaddafi
Inusa and Hayadu Ibrahim, died after drinking Zobo juice laced with a poisonous
substance known as Zakami during a wedding at Ungwar Uku quarters, Kano. The
police, on getting the information, swung into action and effected the arrest
of the first two suspects who fled to Bauchi State.
“On 31/03/2014, at about 20:40hrs,
information was received from a Good Samaritan on the same date about 15:00-
16:00hrs, that a wedding ceremony of one Ahmed Musa was organised at Ungwar Uku
Quarters, Kano. “During the celebration, one Abdullahi Shuaibu, alias Abba
Kwaya, Abubakar Musa, alias Abba Teko and Abubakar Aliyu, alias Kwalla, all
males, of Ungwar Uku, conspired and adulterated the Zobo juice with poisonous
substance, Zakami, which was served to the guests.
“After drinking the Zobo, two people
namely, Gaddafi Inusa and Hayadu Ibrahim died.”
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