The Kano State High Court has sentenced to death by hanging the Proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, Abdulmalik Tanko, for the kidnap and killing of 5- year-old school girl, Hanifa Abubakar.
The Presiding Judge, Judge Usman Na’abba delivered gave this verdict on Thursday, 28 July, 2022 in a crime which shocked the whole nation
Justice Na’abba also sentenced Tanko to five years imprisonment over four of the five count charges levelled against him.
Abdulmalik and his accomplice – Hashim Isyaku and Fatima Jibrin – were arraigned before the court by the Kano State government on a five-count charge of criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, confinement and culpable homicide contrary to Sections 97, 274, 277, 221 of the penal code.
Judge Na’abba also sentenced the second defendant, Hashim Ishyaku to death by hanging and Four years imprisonment – two years each for conspiracy and concealment.
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