A Kano state high court has fixed July 28 for judgment in the case of Abdulmalik Tanko, the self-confessed killer of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old girl.
The Kano government had arraigned 34-year-old Tanko alongside 37-year-old Hashimu Isyaku and one Fatima Musa, aged 26, on a five-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy, attempt to kidnap, abetment, kidnapping and concealing a dead body. The prosecution had closed its case on April 12 after calling nine witnesses and tendering 14 exhibits to prove its case.At the court session on Tuesday, lawyers in the matter adopted their final written addresses.
However, Rabi Ahmad, prosecution counsel and deputy director of public prosecution , prayed the court to convict and sentence the three defendants as charged.
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