There was mild drama at Gezewa High Court, Kano, yesterday as a girl-bride, Wasila Tasi, suspected to have killed her husband and three others in April, failed to utter a word in court during her trial.
The presiding judge, Justice Muhammed Yahaya was compelled to enter a plea of "not guilty" on her behalf shortly after the charge was read and explained to her in the local dialet.
Wasila, was repeated asked if she understood the content of what was being read to her, but she failed to utter a word, as the court registrar ran through the four-count charge of culpable homicide punishable by death under section 221A of the penal code.
The case was adjourned to Nov 26 and 27.
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