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The Kano State Police Command says they have arrested the proprietor of Noble kids school, Abdulmalik Tanko, who abducted and killed Hanifa Abubakar, a 5-year-old pupil, that went missing on December 4,2021.
A statement by the command on Thursday said the school teacher, Abdulmalik Tanko, 30, was the one who abducted and killed the missing pupil.
It added that the culprit was arrested while collecting the ransom he negotiated with the family.
According to a family source, Tanko was one of the early callers in the family house to console them when the school was notified that the child did not return home.
According to the police, the girl was reported missing on December 4, 2021 and the abductors demanded N6m ransom from the family.
The teacher led security agents to a shallow grave where he buried the victim. Abdulmalik according to the police video,.confessed that he killed the girl with rat poison.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that the state government had ordered the closure of the school.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Public Relations Officer, State Ministry of Education, Mr Aliyu Yusuf, on Friday in Kano.
The statement indicated that the state Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Sanusi Sa’id-Kiru, had expressed shock over the unfortunate incidence.
“Following an alleged kidnap and subsequent murder of a five-year-old Miss Hanifa Abubakar, a pupil of Noble Kids Academy, Kwanar Dakata, by one of the school teachers, Kano state government has ordered an indefinite closure and withdrawal of operational license of the school,’’ it said.
