The Kano state High Court presided over by Justice Usman Naabba has sentenced proprietor of Noble Kids College, Abdulmalik Muhammmad Tanko,38 and one Hashimu Isyaku, 38 to death by hanging for kidnapping, and killing Hanifa Abubakar, a five- year- old pupil.
The convicts were convicted to 5 years each for conspiracy.
They conspired and kidnapped the deceased from Sheik 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 its case, the prosecution team led by Kano state attorney general, Musa Abdullahi Lawan, called 8 witnesses, and tendered 14 exhibits.
The witnesses include mother of the deceased, Murja Suleiman Zubair, DSS operatives who arrested Abdulmalik, and Police officers that investigated the case.
The exhibit tendered include confessional statements of the convicts, photograph of the deceased, hijab, Islamic school badge, among others.
However, the prosecution failed to establish the charge of abetment against Fatima and she was sentenced one year for conspiracy and one year for attempt to commit an offence.
