184:. He told his wife that she was the daughter of one of his teachers that travel. On December 4, 2021, he contacted her families and demanded a ransom ₦6,000,000.00 ($ 14,600). On December 18, 2021, Mr. Abdulmalik realized that Hanifa recognized him. After he finished drinking tea around 23:00hrs, he put the remaining tea in an empty container of Bobo Yoghurt (a yoghurt-based milk drink for the children), and poured rat poison inside the tea. He picked her from his house when she was already sleeping and told her that he was taking her back to her uncle's house. On their way, he gave Hanifa the drink and she drank it, he told her that he had to pick up something from one of their schools at Kwanar Yan Gana Tudun Murtala, Nassarawa. When they entered the school, Hanifa finally died. He put her corpse in a sack and buried her in a shallow grave with the help of one Hashim Isyaku.
200:(DSS) led to arrest of Abdulamalik Tanko, the proprietor of her school Noble Kids Academy in Nassarawa, Kano State. Mr Tanko confessed that he kidnapped Hanifa and killed her after he noticed that she recognized him. He conspired with Hashim Isyaku to bury her in the school premises. Upon the arrest, Abdulmalik and Hashim led the combined team of Department of State Service operatives, police operatives and police command medical team to the grave. The body was exhumed and taken to Mohammed Abdullahi Wase Specialists Hospital, Kano, where it was examined and later released to the relatives for burial.
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