The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a school proprietor for allegedly abducting one of his pupils a 5- year- old girl whose name was identified as Hanifa Abubakar.
The school proprietor whose name was identified as Abdulmalik Tanko, is the proprietor of a private school in Kano, Noble Kids School when he was arrested by the police for abducting and killing the pupil.
the moment when Suspected Kidnappers capture students
The family source who withheld his name while speaking with Newsmen said that the accused was the first person to show up when the girl had gone missing while he came to sympathize with them on the 4th of December 2021.
The family source said, " He was full of tears when he visited the family to console them over the abduction, " said the uncle of the girl, Suraj Sulaiman.
The Kano State Police spokesman on Thursday, while speaking with News correspondents has also confirmed that the school teacher, Abdulmalik Tanko, was the one that abducted the 5- year- old girl while he killed her.
The police spokesman in his statement said " Sometimes on the 04/12/2021 at about 2030hrs, a report was received from a resident of Dakota Quarters, Nassarawa LGA, Kano State that, one Hanifa Abubakar, ' f' , aged 5 years old, was kidnapped and a ransom of Six Million Naira (N6, 000, 000. 00) was demanded, " police said in a statement by the command spokesman, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa.
" On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Sama' ila Shu' aibu Dikko, of meets with heads of Security Agencies in the State, re- strategize for effective service delivery and raised a team of Operation Puff Adder led by SP Shehu Dahiru to arrest the culprits.
" Sustained efforts and prolonged follow– up led to the arrest of one Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, ' m' , aged 30 years old, of Tudun Murtala Quarters, Nassarawa LGA, Kano State and one Hashim Isyaku, ' m' , aged 37 years old, of same address by a detective team of the Department of State Service (DSS) Kano State.
After the police have made the arrest, the suspect was tortured and interrogated when he finally confessed to the crime, the suspect while speaking with the police detective team said that Hanifa is his student at a private school in Kwanar Dakota, Nassarawa LGA, Kano State.
He said that he was Kidnapped and took him to his house where he contacted his parents and relatives while he demanded the sum of (N6, 000, 000. 00) which should be paid as ransom.
The suspect took a new turn when and killed his victim after he recognized his face. The suspect in his statement said that he decided to poisoned his food after he recognized his face. The suspect while speaking further said that not only him committed the crime when he identified one Hashim Isyaku, ' m' , he said with his help they were able to take the body to a grave while they dug a shallow grave located at the private school premises located at Kwanar ' Yan Gana, Tudun Murtala Quarters, Nassarawa LGA, Kano State.
The suspect will be charged to the court as soon as the investigation is completed.
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