Kano court sentences Hanifa’s killer, co-culprit to death by hanging
Story from Shafa’atu DAUDA, Kano
The Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Naabba has sentenced the proprietor of Noble Kids College, Abdulmalik Muhammad Tanko, 38 and his accomplice, Hashimu Isyaku, 37 to death by hanging for kidnapping and killing a five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar.
The convicts were sentenced to five(5) and four(4) years each for conspiracy respectively.
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They conspired and kidnapped the deceased from sheikh Dahiru Bauchi Islamic Foundation, killed and buried her in a shallow grave in Northwest Preparatory School, located at Kwanar Yan Ghana in Nassarawa LGA, Kano.
To prove his case, the prosecution team led by Kano State Attorney General, Musa Abdullahi Lawan called eight witnesses and tendered 14 exhibits.
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The witnesses include the mother of the deceased, Murja Suleiman Zubair, DSS operatives who arrested Abdulmalik, and police officers who investigated the case.
The exhibit tendered includes confessional statements of the convicts, a photograph of the deceased, a hijab and an Islamic school badge among others.
However, the prosecution failed to establish the charge of abetment against Fatima Jibril Musa, the third accused person.
She was however found guilty of conspiracy and attempt to commit the offence and was consequently sentenced to one year for conspiracy and one year for an attempt to commit the offence.
The police had paraded Tanko in January 2022, during which he confessed to having killed the Hanifa with rat poison and buried her in a shallow grave.
Watch how Hanifa’s parents expressed their happiness about the verdict below:
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