A teenage bride has allegedly poisoned her husband two weeks after their wedding.
The Kano State Police command in Northern Nigeria has commenced a manhunt for a runaway teenage bride, who allegedly killed her husband, Umar Sani, with poison.
The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, DSP Magaji Majiya, on Tuesday said that the relations of the late husband reported the incident to Kofar Wambai Police station in Kano metropolis on Monday.
Sani said the report indicated that the deceased, who married the teenage wife two weeks ago, was allegedly poisoned on Jan. 4, and died the following day.
“After the Police received the report on the incident, they went to their matrimonial home at Yakasai quarters in Kano metropolis but found that the bride had run away”.
Source: Kemifelani