Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has reaffirmed his commitment to assent to the death warrant of Abdulmalik Tanko, killer of Hanifa, if it is brought before him.
Ganduje gave the assurance when the First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari, paid condolence visit to the governor at the Government House, Kano on Wednesday.
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He said the state government was committed to ensuring that Justice is done as he would not waste time in assenting the death sentence of Tanko if passed by the court.
“There is nothing anyone or Government can do to prevent what happened because the girl was kidnapped and killed by her own custodian.
“But Hanifa was the daughter of all Nigerians, we want to assure all that immediately justice is done, the governor will not waste a second to do the necessary thing,” Ganduje said.
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He commended the First Lady for taking the pain to pay the condolence visit to the state.
Earlier in her remarks, the First Lady Aisha Buhari expressed the hope that the punishment for Hanifa’s killer would satisfy all mothers in the country.
“Iam here to commiserate with the Government and people of Kano state as well as the Emir of Emir of Kano over the death of Sheikh Ahmad BUK and gruesome killing of the five- year-old girl, Hanifa
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“Iam a mother and grandmother, already my grandchildren are in nursery and primary schools and in a situation where children are not safe in schools, then the society has become something else,” Aisha said.
She expressed the hope that the punishment would be done in such a way mothers in the country would be satisfied.
