While trying to collect part of the ransom, security operatives arrested Tanko and some other suspects.
Daily Trust reports that there was drama at the headquarters of the Kano State Police Command when Fatima Maina, mother of Hanifa Abubakar, the five-year-old pupil that was reportedly killed by her proprietor, sighted the man behind the kidnap and death of her daughter.
Daily Trust had reported how Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids Nursery and Primary School, Kawana, Kano, was arrested in connection with the incident.
The victim was abducted in December and her captors had demanded a N6 million ransom.
While trying to collect part of the ransom, security operatives arrested Tanko and some other suspects.
On Friday, both the parents of the deceased child and the suspects were at the Kano police command headquarters.
The parents of the child were the ones who first got there. Later, Tanko and the suspects were brought in by the police.
Immediately, Fatima sighted Tanko, she charged towards him, raining slaps and blows on him as she demanded why he took her daughter’s life.
The drama continued for a while until policemen whisked the prime suspect away.
Details later…
