The Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Naabba has sentenced proprietor of Noble kids college, Abdulmalik Muhammmad Tanko, 38 and Hashimu Isyaku, 38, to death by hanging for kidnapping and killing a five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar.
The convicts were convicted to five and four years each for conspiracy respectively.
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They conspired and kidnapped the deceased, killed and buried her in a shallow grave in Northwest Preparatory school, located at Kwanar Yan Ghana, in Nassarawa LGA, Kano.
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To prove his case, the prosecution team led by Kano State Attorney General, Musa Abdullahi Lawan called eight witnesses, and tendered 14 exhibits.
The witnesses include: mother of the deceased, Murja Suleiman Zubair, DSS Operatives who arrested Tanko, and Police officers investigating the case.
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The exhibit tendered include: confessional statements of the convicts, photograph of the deceased, hijab and Islamic school badge among others.
However, the Prosecution failed to establish the charge of abetment against Fatima Jibril Musa. She was however found guilty in conspiracy and attempt to commit offence and was consequently sentenced to one year for conspiracy and one year for attempt to commit offence.
