Unfortunately, Kano, being one of the 12 states of the federation yet to pass the Child Rights Law and operating the Sharia legal system, Wasila has no protection under the child rights regime except immediate plans are made not only to use her case as advocacy for the ills of child marriage but also to arrange a robust defence with a strategy to appeal the inevitable outcome of the sentence to death at the Sharia court.

Wasila Umar, a 14-year-old child bride, made news in April when she killed her husband and four of his friends through food poisoning.

This, indeed, is an unusual season for the residents of Ogun State. Lately, sleeping with their two eyes closed has become a Herculean task.

Taiwo Akinlami is a child protection specialist; an independent legal & social regulatory expert; a consultant on child’s rights & responsibilities and a consultant to UNICEF on child protection. He speaks on the chances of Wasila escaping death if the court finds her guilty of killing her husband because our laws are against sentencing children to death

Call it a surge and you won’t be wrong. Call it a swarm and you also will be right. School pupils in front of St Joseph’s College, Ondo were giving the bus officials a hard time.