KANO — The Proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, Kano, Abdulmalik Tanko the principal suspect who masterminded the kidnap and killing of a five-year-old school girl, Hanifa Abubakar has been convicted to death by hanging.
Justice Usman Na’abba of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday sentenced the accused to five years imprisonment for four counts of charges leveled against him.
The five Count Charges included the Kidnapping of Hanifa Abubakar, an attempt to kidnap her, Counseling of Kidnapping her, abatement, and poisoning her to death.
The court also found guilty the 2nd and 3rd accused persons, Hashim Isiyaku and Fatima Musa guilty of four counts of charges in the case of the murder which occurred sometime last year.
Recall that the three accused persons Abdulmalik (Proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School) alongside his accomplice, Hashim Isyaku and Fatima Jibrin were arraigned before the court by the Kano State government on February 14 2022 on five count charges bordering on five count charges of criminal conspiracy, attempt to kidnap, abetment, kidnapping, killing, and concealing dead body as well as culpable homicide contrary to section 97, 274, 277, 221 of the penal code.
Prosecution counsel who is also the Kano Attorney General, Barr Musa Abdullahi Lawan described Hanifa’s murder as a crime against humanity and prayed to the court to ensure justice for the killing of the underage girl.
Kano State governor Dr. Abdulllahi Umar Ganduje had earlier pledged to sign the death sentence when passed by the court.
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