Kano School Proprietor Reveals Step-by-Step Strategy He Used to Kill 5-Year-Old Hanifa AbubakarYour support matters. Sustain independent journalism in Nigeria – contribute to Legit.ng. As anger and pain continue to grow among Nigerians over the killing of 5-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, the proprietor of Nobel Kids Nursery and Primary school in Kano Metropolis, Abdulmalik Tanko has revealed how he killed his pupil. Daily Trust reports that Tanko in his confessional statement to the Police said he killed Hanifa with rat poison. Narrating to the police, Tanko said he had bought the rat poison which he used to end the life of his 5-year-old pupil at N100. Recommended for you CBN issues phone number, email address to report PoS operators charging hig... According to Daily Nigerian, Tanko had first taken little Hanifa to his wife but she refused to keep her. PAY ATTENTION: Join Legit.ng Telegram channel! Never miss important updates! Narrating the terrible incident, Hanifa's uncle, Suraj Suleiman said Tanko's wife rejection of keeping the child prompted him to take Hanifa to Tundunwada where he operates a private school. It was at the location that he laced her tea with the N100 rate poison before cutting her body into pieces and then buried her in a shallow grave in the school. Suleiman said: Recommended for you "You look good": Beautiful lady who is a fish farmer shows off big 'point a... At this point, the school proprietor had already demanded N6 million as ransom from Hanifa's parents. The police command in Kano state has arrested a 30-year-old, Abdulmalik Tanko for abducting and killing a 5-year-old girl, Hanifa. Tanko was arrested alongside his accomplice, Hassim while trying to receive part of the N6 million they had requested as a ransom for the release of Hanifa. Hanifa until her death was a student in Noble Kids Nursery and Primary school which was managed by Tanko. Azubuike Nwokolo, a 41-year-old, has been found dead in a hotel, with some parts of his body allegedly missing. The management of the hotel claimed Nwokolo slipped and died but the family suspected foul play. A friend of the deceased named Nnaemeka Ikerionwu said the hotel did not contact anyone, including the police, but just deposited the body at the morgue. Source: Legit.ng Five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar was kidnapped by the proprietor of her school, Abdulmalik Tanko, in December 2021 The police said that Tanko and his accomplice had demanded that a ransom of N6 million be paid by Hanifa's parents The suspected criminals had also taken Hanifa to Tanko's wife but she rejected their offer and laced the child's tea with N100 rat poison bought by the school's proprietor Your support matters. Sustain independent journalism in Nigeria – contribute to Legit.ng. Join Legit.ng Telegram channel! Never miss important updates! “The kidnapper first took Hanifa to his wife, but the wife refused to keep her. He then took her to Tudunwada where he operates a private school and then laced her tea with rat poison. After she was poisoned to death, the kidnappers then cut her body into pieces and buried it within the school.”