“Till I die, I won’t forget this (pain),” bereaved father, in tears, gives full account of how the proprietor of the nursery and primary school his daughter attended kidnapped, demanded N6 million ransom and later murdered Hanifah
The father of Hanifa Abubalkar, a five-year-old kidnapped and murdered by her school proprietor, has spoken to the media on his daughter’s death.
Platforms Africa reports that emerging facts showed that Hanifa, who was declared missing last December, was abducted and murdered by Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids Nursery and Primary School, Kawana, Kano.
In an interview with reporters, the deceased’s father mourned his daughter, calling the experience one that will live forever in his memory.
“I am really in sorrow for what has happened. I can only thank God. This can happen to anyone and it is said that everyone who lives today will die someday. So I leave everything to God.
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“But till I die, I will never forget this. Those who did this to me have not been fair to me, neither have they been fair to the world. My daughter returned from the Qur’anic school (he broke into tears)…God will fight for me,” he said.
Abubakar also thanked the security forces for discovering his daughter’s remains, and prayed for God to provide justice.
Tanko reportedly abducted Hanifa at Kawaji community in the Yankaba area of Kano metropolis in December.
The girl was reportedly abducted on her way home from an Islamiyya school in the company of other pupils.
She was said to have been whisked away in a commercial tricycle, locally called Adaidata Sahu or Keke NAPEP.
Hanifa’s abductor later demanded N6 million ransom from her parents.
However, according to Wasila Dahiru, an aunt of the deceased, Hanifa’s abductor was arrested on Wednesday while he was trying to receive a part of the ransom.
Hanifa was found dead, with her body cut into pieces and buried within the school premises located at Tudunwada.
The police spokesperson, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said a detective team combining the police and men of the Department of State Services arrested Tanko, 30, and one Hashim Isyaku, 37, both of Tudun Murtala Quarters, Nassarwa LGA.
Meanwhile, following the news of the girl’s kidnapping and killing, angry Nigerians are demanding that the main suspect, who is the deceased’s school proprietor, be severely punished.
