Gaala Adan Murder: Three charged at Garissa High Court
All three accused pleaded not guilty during the court hearing.
Three men were on Wednesday charged with the murder of 17-year-old Gaala Adan at the Garissa High Court.
Mohammed Kassim Tiffow, Mussa Sheikh Ahmed, and Adan Mohamme Ahmed are accused of killing the teenager on March 22, 2025, at Lolkuta South Sub-location, Wara Location, Hadado Sub-County, in Wajir County.
The charges came after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ordered the exhumation of Gaala's body and a postmortem by a government pathologist to establish the cause of death.
Gaala, born on January 1, 2008, had been married to 40-year-old Mohammed Kassim Tiffow in a ceremony on February 22, 2025, at the Dagahaley Refugee Camp.
The marriage reportedly became abusive after Gaala decided to reject it, leading to violent confrontations with her husband and the other two men.
All three accused pleaded not guilty during the court hearing.
Justice John Onyiego instructed that a pre-bail report be filed before the court makes a ruling on bail.
The men will remain in Garissa GK prison until the next court mention on May 15, 2025.