BREAKING: Hanifa: Court sentences killer of Kano school girl to death by hanging

Abdulmalik Tanko, the kidnapper and killer of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar to death by hanging has been sentenced to death by hanging .

Kano State High Court, Justice Usman Naaba also slammed a five-year jail term on the murderer for all the five charges levelled against him.

The Court also found guilty, the 2nd accused in the case, Hashim Isiyaku on four charges and sentenced him to death by hanging.

He also has a two-year prison term hanging on his throat for attempts to kidnap.

Justice Usman Naaba also found guilty the 3rd accused person, Fatima Musa guilty on four counts in the case of the murder of Hanifa.

The 6 years old school girl was brutally poisoned to death by the proprietor of her school sometime in 2021 after collecting ransom from her parents.