Kano Gov Ganduje shuts school of slaughtered 5-year- old girl was buried

Governor Abdulahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State on Friday ordered immediate shut down of the private school, Noble Kids Academy, Nassarawa Local Government Area, where kidnappers of a five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, killed and buried the girl.

The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Police Command, Haruna Kiyawa, in a statement on Friday indicated: “On investigation, Abdulmalik confessed that the victim, Hanifa, was his student at a private school in Kwanar Dakata, Nassarawa LGA, Kano State. He kidnapped her and took her to his house where he contacted her relatives and demanded a ransom of N6,000,000.

“On the 18/12/2021, having realised that the victim recognized him, he claimed to have poisoned her to death, conspired with one Hashim Isyaku and buried her in a shallow grave within the private school premises located at Kwanar ‘Yan Gana, Tudun Murtala Quarters, Nassarawa LGA, Kano State.”

Hanifa was kidnapped in December 2021 by a gang in which her teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, was identified among the kidnappers.

The kidnappers had demanded N6 million ransom yet killed the girl after collecting the ransom.

The Kano State government has ordered through investigations into the killing.