KANO, Nigeria — A child bride forced into marriage in
Nigeria killed the groom and three of his friends with a poisoned meal, police
said Thursday.
Fourteen-year-old Wasila Umaru was married last week to
35-year-old Umaru Sani, according to assistant superintendent Musa Magaji
Majia.
Over the weekend, the groom invited a dozen friends to
celebrate at his Ungwar Yansoro village, about 60 miles from the northern city
of Kano.
The teen told police she bought rat poison and used it to
prepare a dish of rice.
‘‘The suspect confessed to committing the crime and said she
did it because she was forced to marry a man she did not love,’’ Majia said.
The groom and a friend died the same day, and two other
victims died later in the hospital. Umaru will likely be charged with culpable
homicide, according to Majia.
Child marriage is common in the mainly Muslim and
impoverished north part of Nigeria, where the numbers increase during drought
because a bride price is paid and it means one less mouth to feed.
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