As a fall out of the gruesome murder of the five year old school pupil Hanifa Abubakar, by her teacher Abdulmalik Tanko, the Kano State government has decided to revoke the licenses of all private schools in the state.
Disclosing this on Monday during a press conference, the State Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru, said the government has set up a special committee that will determine the criteria for the recertification of the private schools.
The Committee is comprised of the Ministry of Justice, Department of State Service (DSS), Civil Defence and other agencies to look into the revalidation of all private schools in Kano State.
“We are all aware of the ongoing case concerning Hanifa’s death as she was gruesomely murdered by a suspect called Abdulmalik Tanko who is the proprietor of Noble Kids Academy and in view of the sad incidence, especially regarding how she was murdered in the private school, the State government has decided to withdraw the certificate of all private schools for revalidation”, Kiru said.
Hanifa was reportedly kidnapped in December 2021 and subsequently killed by her schoolteacher who was also the headteacher of her school, Noble Kids Academy.
The culprit, Abdulmalik Tanko, reportedly held the child captive for 47 days and demanded a N6 million ransom before killing her.
The culprit was said to have buried the deceased in the premises of the school. The police eventually discovered the schoolgirl’s decomposed body on Thursday, 20th January 2022 while Tanko was arrested.