--- description: The 14-year-old in the northern region of Kano killed her husband during a dinner celebrating their wedding title: Nigerian child bride poisons husband image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Nigeria](/tag/nigeria/) ## Nigeria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Child Bride in Nigeria Poisons Husband by [Maddy Fry](/author/maddy-fry/) ## Maddy Fry Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 11, 2014 11:48 AM CUT by [Maddy Fry](/author/maddy-fry/) ## Maddy Fry Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 11, 2014 11:48 AM CUT A 14-year-old Nigerian girl [confessed](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26978872 "undefined") Friday to [poisoning and killing](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nigeria-child-bride-poisons-husband-forced-on-her/ "undefined") the man she was coerced into marrying, police said. Police in the northern Nigerian state of Kano said Wasilu Umar admitted putting rat poison in her husband’s food, BBC reports. Three of her husband’s friends who ate the same food were also killed, and 10 were hospitalized. She is likely to be put on trial in a juvenile court. Police Superintendent Musa Magaji Majia said that the marriage between Umar and 35-year-old Umaru Sani had taken place the previous week. The poisoning happend during a celebratory gathering in his village 60 miles north of the city of Kano. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26978872 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/59286/child-bride-in-nigeria-poisons-husband/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/59286/child-bride-in-nigeria-poisons-husband/"},"headline":"Child Bride in Nigeria Poisons Husband","datePublished":"2014-04-11T11:48:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:15:47.360Z","description":"The 14-year-old in the northern region of Kano killed her husband during a dinner celebrating their wedding","url":"https://time.com/59286/child-bride-in-nigeria-poisons-husband/","keywords":["Nigeria","Murder","Africa"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maddy Fry","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maddy-fry/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nigeria/","name":"Nigeria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/59286/child-bride-in-nigeria-poisons-husband/","name":"Child Bride in Nigeria Poisons Husband"}}]}] ```