The President, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the nation’s condolences to the family of late five-year-old school girl Hanifa Abubakar.
Buhari also applauded the police and the secret service in unravelling the mystery behind the disappearance of Hanifa, and particularly for the arrest of her teacher and other accomplices “suspected in the kidnap and murder of the child.”
Hanifa’s body was discovered in a shallow grave in Kano after nearly two months of fruitless search.
She was abducted late last year in an operation led by her teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, the proprietor of a private school, Noble Kids Academy, in Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State.
“When breakthroughs like this happen, people will talk differently of law enforcement”, President Buhari added.
He prayed for the repose of the soul of the little school girl and urged her parents to bear the sad loss with courage and fortitude in God.
The President urged the Police and Ministry of Justice to uphold the integrity of the detective work that busted the case by preparing well and presenting a good case that will earn the respect of the court.
in an operation led by her teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, the proprietor of a private school, Noble Kids Academy, in Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State.
President Buhari in a statement issued on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the family and the whole nation which followed up on Hanifa’s travail every day since her disappearance in December last year were hoping for the girl to have been rescued alive and well, adding however that the very thorough and painstaking detective operation by the law enforcement bodies, leading to the discovery of the corpse and the arrest of the suspects “who have already made confessions was commendable, calling it an achievement that should instil more public confidence in the authorities.”
“When breakthroughs like this happen, people will talk differently of law enforcement”, President Buhari added.
He prayed for the repose of the soul of the little school girl and urged her parents to bear the sad loss with courage and fortitude in God.
The President urged the Police and Ministry of Justice to uphold the integrity of the detective work that busted the case by preparing well and presenting a good case that will earn the respect of the court.
