The Kano State Police has arraigned Jamila Abdulmalik Muhammad Sani, the wife of the alleged kidnapper and killer, Abdulmalik Tanko, over the death of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar.
According to The PUNCH, Jamila, 30, appeared before a Kano State Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Gidan Murtala, on one count of alleged concealing of a kidnap victim.
Tanko is currently facing four counts of concealing a kidnapped victim, conspiracy, kidnapping and culpable homicide.
The prosecution, in the First Information Report read to Jamila, accused her of concealing the kidnapped victim in her house for the period of five days, noting that the offence contravenes Section 227 of the Penal Code.
”That you Jamila Muhammad Sani, a wife to Abdulmalik Tanko Muhammad, a proprietor and teacher of Noble Kids Comprehensive Academy located at Kwanar Dakata in Kano State, on the 4th December 2021 around 1830hrs your husband brought to you Hanifa Abubakar a 5-year-old pupil, wearing her school uniform and spent five days in your custody.
“You kept her (Hanifa) hostage knowing fully that she was kidnapped by your husband and you refused to disclose it to any person,” the First Information Report stated.
Although the accused denied the content of the First Information Report, the prosecuting counsel, Barrister Lamido Soron Dinki, prayed the court to remand the defendant in police custody pending when the case diary is ready.
The Presiding Judge, Chief Magistrate Muhammad Jibril ordered the defendant to be remanded in State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) and adjourned the sitting to 2nd February 2022 for further mention.
