Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has vowed to sign the death warrant immediately if the suspect arrested over the killing of five-rea old school girl Hanifa Abubakar is sentenced by the court.
Proprietor of Noble Kids School, Tanko Abdulmalika had confessed to the killing Hanifa, who was said to have been kidnapped in December and her abductors had demanded N6 million ransom.
Speaking when he led some members of the state house of assembly and government officials to pay a condolence visit to Hanifa’s family at Dakata-Kwaji in Kano metropolis, Ganduje gave reassurance to the grief-stricken family that justice will prevail in the case, adding that there will be speedy trial.
According to the Governor, who spoke in Hausa, “If they reach a capital punishment judgement, the governor will not take even a second to sign the sentence”
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