President Muhammadu Buhari has told the police to be
adequately prepared to ensure that murdered five-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubakar
gets justice in court.
The Police in Kano had arrested two suspects, Abdulmalik
Mohammed and Hashim Isyaku over the abduction and killing of a five-year-old
girl, Hanifa Abubakar.
Abubakar was buried in a shallow grave and her remains was
discovered at private school premises in Kwanar ‘Yan Gana, Tudun Murtala
Quarters, Nassarawa LGA, Kano State by the police.
The suspects, Abdulmalik Mohammed and Hashim Isyaku had
abducted Hanifa on December 2, 2021, and took the victim to a hideout where
they contacted her relatives and demanded a ransom of N6m.
Mohammed was Hanifa’s private teacher and having realized
that the victim recognized them, the suspects poisoned her to death, butchered
her remains and buried it in a shallow grave.
Reacting to the development on Friday, Buhari expressed the
nation’s condolences to the family of Hanifa whose body was discovered in a
shallow grave in Kano after near two months of fruitless search.
The President in the same breath has praised the work of the
police and the secret service in unraveling the mystery behind the
disappearance of Hanifa, and particularly for the arrest of her teacher and his
other accomplices suspected of the child’s kidnap and murder.
President Buhari said the family and the whole nation which
followed up on Hanifa’s travail every day since her disappearance in December
last year were hoping for the girl to have been rescued alive and well, adding
however that the very thorough and painstaking detective operation by the law
enforcement bodies, leading to the discovery of the corpse and the arrest of
the suspects who have already made confessions was commendable, calling it an
achievement that should instill more public confidence in the authorities.
“When breakthroughs like this happen, people will talk
differently of law enforcement,” said the President.
President Buhari prayed for the repose of the soul of the
little school girl and urged her parents to bear the sad loss with courage and
fortitude in God.
The President urged the Police and Ministry of Justice to
uphold the integrity of the detective work that busted the case by preparing
well and presenting a good case that will earn the respect of the court.
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