School Proprietor Narrates How He Kidnapped, Murdered Five-year-old Pupil

School Proprietor Narrates How He Kidnapped, Murdered Five-year-old Pupil

Abdulmalik Mohammad Tanko, a school Proprietor in Kano state has revealed how and why he kidnapped a Five-year-old Pupil of his school named Hanifa Abubakar.

Abubakar who was a pupil of Noble Kids Comprehensive College, Kani was kidnapped and killed after five days despite her abductor collecting a part payment of the N6M ransom he demanded.

Tanko, on January 20, 2022, led the police to exhume the mutilated body of little Abubakar which he buried within the school compound at Kwanan Dakata in Kano.

The 34-year-old proprietor narrated why he kidnapped and killed his pupil, saying, “I needed to raise money to expand the school; unfortunately, things went awry.

“Yes, Hanifa was my pupil at Noble Kids Comprehensive College, Kwanan Dakata, Kano state.

“How it started, I initially contracted one Hashimu Isiyaku and a lady called Fatima to kidnap her for me; I lied to them that her mother wanted to raise some money from her father, but they couldn’t succeed.

“According to them, when they attempted to take her with them, she refused to follow them, so I did it myself; as her teacher, she felt comfortable to come with me when I went for her.

“One evening on December 4, 2021, I picked her up in a tricycle popularly known as Keke, while returning home from Islamic school within their neighbourhood. I took her home to my family at Tudun Murtala and called a phone number that was dropped in the school and demanded N6million ransom from a lady that answered the call.

“Days later, some of our teachers visited my house, and I suspected they might have come to spy on me because I learnt some of the girls that were with her on the fateful day had revealed that a school uncle had picked her.

“Consequently, I fed her with rat poison to evade being discovered and she died. I buried her within the school compound, like two weeks; after I kidnapped her”, he added.

Her remains have been reburied, while her former teacher and his accomplices have been taken into custody.