Kano toddler Hanifa Abubakar's killers appeal against death sentence The two convicts of the kidnap and murder of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, Abdulmalik Muhammad Tanko and Hashimu Isyaku have filed a notice of appeal, challenging their death sentences at the Court of Appeal, Kano Division. It would be recalled that on the 28th of July, 2022, a Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Mallam Na’abba sentenced the duo to death by hanging after the trial. They were additionally convicted to five and four years each for conspiracy, as they both...