The case was heard in court yesterday Oct. 30th and AFP's Aminu Abubakar writes that prosecutors
at the High Court in Gezawa, have
filed an amended complaint that charged the young girl with one count of murder
over the killing. Lead
prosecutor Lamido Abba Soron-Dinki said that if convicted, the charge
is "punishable with death" and indicated the state would seek the
maximum penalty.
Above is Sani Garba, holding a picture of his 14-year-old daughter-in-law, Wasila Tasi'u
From AFP
Sani Garba, 55, stands in the abandonned bedroom of his 14-year-old daughter-in-law Wasila Tasi'u Tasi'u entered the court wearing a cream-coloured hijab and was escorted by two policemen.
Her parents, who have condemned their daughter's alleged act, were in the public gallery -- the first time the three were in the same room since Tasi'u's arrest in April, her legal representatives said.
The English-language charge sheet was translated into Hausa for the accused by the court clerk.
Tasi'u refused to answer when asked if she understood the charges.
The case was adjourned for 30 minutes so the charges could be better explained to the defendant, but when the alleged offences were read again Tasi'u stayed silent, turned her head to the wall and broke down in tears.
"The court records (that) she pleads not guilty," Judge Mohammed Yahaya said, apparently regarding her silence as equal to a denial of the charges and adjourned the case until November 26Photo credit: AFP
74 comments:
How will they sentence a 14 year old to death, regardless of what she did..na wa o
hmm this serious i pray jah help her.frm johnlaw
Phew! What an unfair world we live in.
She took the laws into her hand coz the law failed to protect her.
She was given out against her wish,she felt caged,trapped and abandoned. Its quite a pity the law is quick to punish her,but was mute when she was married a child.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Nigeria is really a repressive society if we condone child marriage and condemn homosexuality...I wonder how many people can see the irony here...
God have mercy
Poor girl
Forced 2 marry @d age of 14???...d father shld b flogged..d mother deserves 2 do frog jump round d redemption camp..and d husband gan deserves d rat poison...I rest my case
I hope dey set dis girl free,poor girl i don,t blame her.
I hope & wish she will be free/ her punishment won't have anything to do with jail.
Child bride affect child psychologically & illiterate Hausas don't know.
BORN TO SHINE!!!
Why would they allow their 14yrs old daughter get married to a man she does not love and expect her to be happy,i like what she did,i will do the same if i was in her shoes.*say no to child bride***
atimes the law doesn't serve justice, i hope she makes it out of this in one piece. best of luck to her, she is just a kid and should have never been forced
Haba! Dis case don tay naa.......may God see her tru....
Abeg make dem free d gal joor.she was forced to marry sumbdy she didn't want and didn't luv she probably was frustrated.if na me nko
May God punish whomever enacted the law of marrying off a child of 14years old. God punish that child's parents also. God blessed you and you haven't even finished taking care of your responsibility and you are forcefully selling her off. a lot of Nigerians are going to hell and i really really pray they burn.
Honestly, this practice of child marriage must stop.
I really do not know where to stand in this case. I would have preferred the poor girl to run away rather than kill them - that was such a large heart for a 14-year-old.
Linda I no gbadun dis ur "pls prove u're not a robot"haba!d thing tire me oo.when did robots start visiting ur blog?mtchewwww
14 yrs? thats unfair, who forced her? but couldn't she have ran away to relatives or friends somewhere, I know its really bad she was forced to marry at that age but its for nobody to take another person's life.
She's just a kid,she's not even up to 18.everything abt Islam is so cruel.
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With all the girl-child marriage slavery/rape of innocent girls going on in the north none of them make headline,but when one of the girls kill out of frustration she is condemned forgetting that the parents and community who gave her out in marriage should first be condemned by the law... A foundamental problem need to be addressed first
The last thing we need here in the north is the court adding more names to the list of the dead.They should sentence those cold hearted BH in prison to death and live this poor victim of circumstance alone
Nawa o she get mind sha, didn't no wat her intention was bt she went too extreme. For a gal of her age 2no dat she can use rat poison to kill Mehn shez evil pls #onelovefromSnow#
Call me Abby
Linda pls use your media to bring this girls plight to the fore. They must let her go. I feel she already felt dead when she was given out in marriage. See the bedroom nah. Na cook she suppose be for that marriage.
Blood of God,na wa o,linda hw fa na
Nawaooooo and Muslim law is very harsh to women,big lesson to whole lot of this Hausa people that will not allow small girls to rest.i pray they set the poor girl free.
These ppl shud leave dis small girl alone pls.phinalaw
I shed tears when ever I read about dis little girl, may GOD be the judge in dis case thank God am a christian
For meooooo I go say make them leave her abeg ,why them go push her to marry like that. CHI.
This man picture na d reason why whites de feel say Africans ugly n dirty, just 55 n u r lik dis!! Abeg mk frm free d gal.. All dis archaic n cursed culture of marrying off young gals sef tiya person
24Under the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a 14 years old cannot be tried in the law court. i stand to be corrected by the lawyers in the house.
I don't think a death penalty is cool for a minor. She can be imprisoned and not killed.
Poor child
Did they not comit murder by handing over a child to be married to a35yrs old randy Ewure?This country is full of sh** . How can they expect a child to understand the charges ? International and Nigerian Human Right activists #saveourchildbride
what's with all this people with under age marriage ? in no kill am well , senator Nyerima shine your eyes cause you are next .# laughing all the way #
God punushe them, they should set that innocent soul free, they are trying to make her look like a monster.
So dey want to charge dt little girl, God judgement is waiting
Not supporting the fact that the young girl killed the man her so called husband but God will punish those who forcefully gave out the girl in marriage. She is a minor and I think minor can't be jailed
#The Theist
when they forced a child into marriage what did they expect????
The man was raping her in the name of marriage....what did they expect???
14 year old ohhhh... a child...
how sad for naija...
They had better be fair with the child...and not kill her.
I wanted my mummy and daddy protecting me at 14 not some old man with a large dick getting on top of me night after night raping in the name of their selfish marriage...very backward people....
She is a minor for Christsake
Parents should stop forcing their teenage daughters into marriages they are not ready for.
This is sad. Don't even know what to say. Some people have reservations in the hottest part of hell.
E good for all of them, she for even poison the person who people who gave her out in marriage
Mouth sealed i don't know what to say cos her parents pushed her into that. by dobis112@gmail.com
Exactly
If they kill that child
Then 9ja we re lost and finished
Haba, they had the guts to charge her to court a minor!
She shud be in a rehabilitation centre instead foools....bt no they charged her to court cluless idiots
*vex mode*
Y would you say she's evil. When your daughter is of that age, u can give her our in marriage, then maybe u understand.
And ds same kano governor wants to be president of Nigeria??? Ds got me thinking..., seriously thinking....
Am not saying she did the right thing BT what do u xpect from this their useless marriage
When u are married and have kids, pls kindy give out ur 14yrs old girl to somebody old enough to be her grandpa, don't even bother sending her to sch. Wen u do dat come bak and comment on this post. Don't also 4get that ur girl's consent is not needed, whether she likes it or not, drag her out to d would be in laws and tell me hw ur girl will feel. Mayb she will happily open her legs 4 them wen her mates are in sch , mtcheew
Really??? This muslims think with their anus most times.She is just a child! Adults should marry adults!
Snowflix or whatever you call yourself..you and your entire family are bastards
Now all dis stupid lawyers will not come out to help dis girl now, only for Dem to b writing rubbish about politicians cos de want money, I hope I can help dis poor girl out....
Pls international help is needed on dis case now b4 it gets 2 late. She is a child & needs 2 b set free cos she no not what she did. God pls help her
Abeg hanging is d best option............................#KingOfKings #6ixGod
According to Article 6(5) of the ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) and Article 37(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, courts shall not sentence to death people who were under the age of 18 at the time when the crime was committed. This is regardless of their age at the time of trial or sentencing.
Very true!
Ds Hausa ppl should stop ds nonsense early marriage thing.d girl is damn too young for d path de v put her,so wat r de expecting? Let dem let her go abeg.de did nt see der age mates to marry.
is dis ezinne in dsc technical high skul?
how do i even register a name?2ru gmail ryt?
Sharia law sucks... Islam is a religion built on violence and wickedness.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaa lwmd I wonder oo
U spoke my mind...rubbish!
Large heart you say? Hmmmm...
Used to believe a large heart connotes something good & charitable. Didn't know it could be used in a case like this...
You must not seize every opportunity, no matter how unrelated, to propagate this gay propaganda of yours. While we try to look the other way and leave you to your despicable practice, don't flaunt your abominable acts before us because, like it or leave it, homosexuality is evil & a crime in Nigeria.
she is not d first to be given out for marriage at dat age, is part of their tradition in the north dere..the girl went too far..even if she is eventually free..she can't move freely with anybody in that community again. she killed up to four people! actually nobody can help her dat much.check well many girls started going out with guys at dat age.
Na kill and dry she for give the man sef.
Linda don't allow this child die, u know d right buttons to press. pls help her.
No no no.. Instead sentence her parents and give her a National award with a federal govt scholarship to any level of education she wishes to attain.. Mr GEJ..
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nonsense
you must be a big fool oh. because she's not the first to be given out for marriage at that age that makes it right abi? killing of twins was once part of the tradition somewhere, and someone with sense decided to put it to a stop. just because something is part of the tradition doesn't mean we should condone it. I can't even start to comment about your last statement, clearly you are delusional. i pity your family members.
Fool! Does it say that it's an Islamic law that's tryinh her??? Abi is naija law now same with Islamic law? And xtianity is a religion built on bearing false witness, bitterness and hatred!
Google is your friend! Go and find out about the real lot of women in Islam! Xtian law nko? That castigates a woman for having female children and denies them the right to inherit.
FREE THE LITTLE CHILD PLE IN NAME OF GOD
Mak dm kilam nah
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