A school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko, who killed five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, has been sentenced to death on Thursday by a Kano State High Court.
Justice Usman Na’abba also sentenced the school teacher to five years imprisonment for the kidnap and death by hanging for killing of the school girl.
Prior to her death, Hanifa was a pupil of Noble Kids Academy and Comprehensive College, a school located in Kwanar ‘Yan Gana in Tudun Murtala Quarters in Nassarawa Local Government Area of the State.
The deceased was abducted by Mr. Tanko who demanded ransom from her parents and was reported to have killed her in December last year.
