The House also said the case should be given the urgency and necessary justice it deserves such that the punishment will serve as a deterrent to others with similar motives.Hanifa’s case is even more blood-chilling because this was a child abducted and murdered by someone who she trusted and looked up to for moral guidance and protection. It exposes the gruesome danger children, the future nation builders, face in a world that has lost its soul.
A murder case such as this ought not to drag unnecessarily in the courts. Justice should be speedily dispensed. Kano State government has already filed fresh charges to arraign the killer, Abdulmalik Tanko and his two accomplices before a Kano State High Court. The government said it filed the charges at the High Court because the Magistrate court lacks the jurisdiction to try the offences filed against the defendants.
The Magistrate court granted the prayers of the state government and ordered the accused persons to be remanded in custody. It, however, adjourned the case to February 9th, 2022. The charges filed against Abdulmalik and his accomplice borders on criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, confinement and culpable homicide.
The question, however, remains – didn’t the government know the appropriate court to prosecute the matter before now? It is too early for ‘a forth and back’ drama in this case. And we hope that justice is served at the end of the day. As a newspaper, we call on the government to ensure that justice is given to Hanifa even in death so that her young soul can rest in peace. We urge the security agencies and the judiciary to ensure that this particular killing is thoroughly prosecuted and the culprit and his accomplices brought to justice. This case must not go the way of other cases in the past. It must never die on the ground of judicial technicalities.
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