Gezawa, Nigeria--A Nigerian court on Tuesday formally struck out a case against a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her 35-year-old husband with rat poison.
But Wasila Tasi'u, who was 14 at the time of the alleged murder, was forced to spend another night in custody because of delays in filing paperwork for her release.
The teenager was charged with culpable homicide and faced a possible death sentence if convicted of deliberately lacing a meal she cooked for her husband Umar Sani with rat poison.
Sani and four others died within hours in April last year.
AFP
