Abdulmalik Tanko, a teacher arrested over the murder of
Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil in Kano, says he killed her with rat
poison.
Tanko, who was paraded by the police on Thursday, confessed
to the murder while answering questions on his involvement in the crime.
According to him, he contacted his friend, identified as
Hashimu Isyaku, and one Fatima Musa, to kidnap the girl from her home but they
failed to carry out the abduction.
“I lied to Fatima and Isyaku that the girl’s mother was the one behind the plan to kidnap the girl in order to extort her father,” he said.
“After Hashimu and Fatima failed to kidnap the girl, I
decided to carry out the kidnapping myself. I kidnapped her when she was
returning from Islamic school and took her to my family house.
“She stayed in my family house for about two weeks before I
killed her. I killed her after some teachers in my school came to my house.
“I became suspicious. I thought they came to investigate me
because they said the girl had once mentioned my name. It was after that visit
that I gave her rat poison. I then contacted my friend and asked for his help
to dig a hole where the girl would be buried.
“I demanded the sum
of N6 million from the parents. I contacted them through the phone number her
parents gave the school.
“This is the third school term since I have known Hanifa. I
am the one that killed her. I murdered her at my family house with rat poison.
I can’t remember the exact date we buried her.”
On his part, Isyaku said Tanko only told him to dig a grave
for a neighbour who had a miscarriage.
“Tanko told me his neighbour had a miscarriage and needed to
quickly bury the baby. I objected and told him to take the baby to the
graveyard in the town but he refused. So, I helped him to dig the grave,” he
said.
“He called one night
and brought a sack. I was the one that dug the grave and he offered to pay me
after we buried the girl.
“He actually came to me about the issue of kidnapping and I
told him that I will not be involved in such act.”
According to Abdullahi Kiyawa, police spokesperson in the
state, the suspects will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.
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