import numpy as np
matrix = [
[1,2,3,4],
[5,6,7,8],
[9,10,11,12]
]
p1=np.delete(matrix,1,0)
print('>>>>p1>>>>\n',p1)
>>>>p1>>>>
[[ 1 2 3 4]
[ 9 10 11 12]]
p2 = np.delete(matrix, 1, 1)
print('>>>>p2>>>>\n',p2)
>>>>p2>>>>
[[ 1 3 4]
[ 5 7 8]
[ 9 11 12]]