JUST IN: Kano youth set ablaze school where five-year-old girl was murdered
Angry youths in Kano State have set ablaze the property used as a school where a five-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubakar, was killed last week allegedly by the school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko.
Residents of Dakata area in Kwanar Dakata, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state where the Noble Kids Academy is located, however, condemned the burning down of the building, saying the structure was not owned by the suspect.
When the Nigerian Tribune visited the area on Monday, it was observed that the upper part of the building was completely burnt.
It was also learnt that the security personnel deployed outside the school premises were not at the scene when the aggrieved persons stormed the area.
Residents informed that the aggrieved youth set the property on fire at about 1 am on Monday.
Meanwhile, a Kano State magistrates’ court presided over by Chief Magistrate Muhammad Jibir has ordered Tanko, the suspected killer of Hanifa, to be remanded at a correctional centre.
The police on Monday arraigned Tanko and two others before the magistrates’ court at Gidan Murtala in Kano metropolis, on charges of criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, concealing/keeping in confinement a kidnapped person and culpable homicide.
The accused was not represented, while Mr Lamido Soron Dinki was the prosecuting counsel.
After the charges were read to the accused, he was later remanded in prison custody and the case adjourned till February 2.
Meanwhile, the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said once the judgment is passed in the court, he will assent to the death sentence.
The governor made this known when he led a delegation of top government officials to condole with the family of the deceased on Monday.
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