Appeal Court Upholds Death Sentence On Hanifa Abubakar’s Killer

Naijanews | 02-01-2026 07:12pm |

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kano has upheld the death sentence imposed on Abdulmalik Tanko for the murder of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar. Naija News reports that Justice A. R. Muhammad, who delivered the lead judgment, dismissed Tanko’s appeal and affirmed the decision of the Kano State High Court, which had sentenced him to death by

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