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How proprietor tricked me to bury five-year-old Hanifa – Suspect
Two of the defendants charged with the kidnap and murder of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar have narrated their roles in the gruesome crime, saying the first defendant, Abdulmalik Tanko, the school proprietor, deceived them.
The duo, Hashim Isyaku and Fatima Jibril Musa, appeared before a Kano State high court as the witnesses.
In their separate revelations on what they truly knew on the murder of the girl, they said they were deceived by the first defendant, Abdulmalik Tanko, into becoming conspirators in the act.
Standing as the second defence witness, 37-year-old, Isyaku, a bricklayer, told the court that Tanko informed him a woman had a daughter in his school and her husband wanted to marry a second wife.
The bricklayer said Tanko also told him that the woman wanted her daughter to be kidnapped so the husband would forget about the second marriage.
“Abdulmalik (Tanko) took out his phone and showed me a picture. It was the girl’s picture. I told him it’s an offence. He said the woman said she’s her daughter, so no problem.
“The following day, he came to my house and showed me the same picture. He showed me a GSM number and directed a tricycle driver to take me somewhere. He told me to call the number when I alight.
“He also said we would see students coming back from school and that we should look for the girl in that picture. He told us to come and inform him once we saw the girl.
“We stopped at Dakata junction and called the number. I heard the voice of a woman. She asked if it’s Abdulmalik and I said no but it’s his phone. She said she was coming to meet me at Dakata junction.
“When she arrived, we went to the place and in no time, the children started coming. I took out the phone and opened the picture. We both watch the picture and watching over the pupils passing.
“We saw a pupil that resembles the girl in the picture. Fatima and I both watched again and concluded that she’s the girl we were looking for. That’s when we went back and separated ways.”
Isyaku added that since then, he did not communicate with Tanko until a month after when Tanko called him to help in burying a foetus belonging to the wife of his neighbour who is out of town.
“Things went back and forth from morning till 11pm when the foetus was buried in a shallow grave on the premises of one of Abdulmalik’s schools at Tudun Murtala area where the body was later exhumed and we were later arrested,” he added.
On her part, standing as the third and last defence witness, Fatima Jibril Musa, 25, who sells perishables said Abdulmalik requested to see her as regards Hanifa, adding that he promised to marry her and buy her furniture.
She said, “He said his sister’s husband wanted to marry another wife and she’s the one who gave him capital. She demanded to kidnap the girl in other to discourage the husband so that he would no longer have money to marry another wife.
“Abdulmalik promised to marry me if I kidnapped the girl and his sister would buy wedding furniture for me. Then he said we should meet the following day at Dakata.
“Around 4.30, I called him and he said he was at Dakata that I should stop at police station. When I reached there I stopped and I saw Hashim. He entered the tricycle and he told me they were together with Abdulmalik.
“Then we saw some pupils coming back from Islamiyya school. Hashim showed me the girl. We then went our separate ways back home.”
The lady claimed that since then, she had neither spoken to Tanko nor seen him until the following year when she was arrested amidst heavy security.
Meanwhile, the case has been adjourned to the 14th of June for adoption of final written address.
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Boko Haram attacks military base in Adamawa
Boko Haram attacks military base in Adamawa
Terorist group, Boko Haram, on Friday launched a deadly attack on a military base in Waga Village, Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
According to a report by counter-insurgency expert, Zagozola Makama, troops of the Nigerian military Joint Task Force successfully repelled the attack .
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“The attack occurred around 3:30 a.m. on Friday when suspected terrorists launched an assault on the base. However, the troops swiftly responded, forcing the insurgents to retreat,” the report said.
It was also gathered that there were no casualties among security personnel or residents of the community, and normalcy has since been restored.
Boko Haram attacks military base in Adamawa
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Oluwo accuses Ooni of plotting to dethrone him
Oluwo accuses Ooni of plotting to dethrone him
A quiet but bruising war is raging between the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, over alleged dethronement plots.
Oluwo, in a statement on Friday night, alleged that Oba Ogunwusi was seeking his downfall despite playing a prominent role in his emergence as the Ooni of Ife.
He stated that the link he used for Oba Ogunwusi would have been used for his elder brother, Tunji Adeyeye, who was his friend and peer at Akobo, Ibadan at a tender age.
Oluwo recalled how he arranged several meetings in Ibadan after one Akin Daodu, then a close ally of Oba Ogunwusi, begged for his intervention.
He said: “To my surprise, the same person I helped to the throne has been planning evil against me.
Oluwo recalled how he arranged several meetings in Ibadan after one Akin Daodu, then a close ally of Oba Ogunwusi, begged for his intervention.
He said: “To my surprise, the same person I helped to the throne has been planning evil against me.
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“He orchestrated my suspension from the Osun State Council of Obas meeting against the AIG who was a star witness to what transpired.
“He is using a few kings in Iwoland to destabilise my territory.
“He attacked me last month in the presence of the governor, that I am discouraging deity worship.
“He was one of those who used my former wife against me.
“He wants me to be removed as Oluwo by all means. Such is a dream that can never come true.
“No one can remove me as Oluwo. No one can kill me and no one can bring me down.
“He should keep trying. He will be the one to live to regret. His cohorts that tried it in the past failed.”
However, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi, speaking through his Director of Media, Otunba Moses Olafare, denied the allegations raised by Oluwo.
He said: “Oba Adeyeye has been ordained as a king from heaven, regardless of who does what. He is a king with God on his side.
“When Oluwo wanted to be king, Ooni supported him with cash and other logistics that we can’t even mention here.
“At the last Council of Oba meeting, Ooni only jokingly told Oluwo that he should not condemn any monarch for worshipping deities but should allow anyone to practice anything they feel is good for them.”
Oluwo accuses Ooni of plotting to dethrone him
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Lagos man stabs security guard for stopping his sex romp
Lagos man stabs security guard for stopping his sex romp
A 33-year-old man, Otobong Enyietim Akpan, has been arrested and remanded in prison for allegedly stabbing a security guard, Adamu Muhammed, in the neck and head with a knife after being prevented from having sex with his girlfriend at a security post in Lekki, Lagos.
According to the police, the incident occurred on 2 March, 2025, when Akpan took his girlfriend to the security post at 35B, Land Bridge Avenue, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island, intending to engage in sexual activity.
However, the security guard refused, stating that the post was not a hotel.
Enraged by the rejection, Akpan reportedly threatened to kill Muhammed and left the scene, only to return moments later.
In a violent outburst, he allegedly pulled a knife from his trousers and stabbed the security man multiple times, leaving him bleeding profusely from the neck and head.
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Residents who witnessed the attack overpowered the suspect and restrained him while others rushed the injured guard to a hospital.
A distress call was placed to the Maroko Police Division, leading to Akpan’s swift arrest.
Akpan was charged before the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, sitting at the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, on one count of causing grievous bodily harm—a crime punishable under Section 245 of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015.
Police prosecutor Reuben Solomon told the court that the accused attacked the security guard with a knife after being denied access to use the post for sexual activity.
Akpan pleaded not guilty, and Magistrate N.S. Wahab granted him ₦500,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.
However, he was remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Facility pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions.
The case has been adjourned to 28 March 2025 for mention.
Lagos man stabs security guard for stopping his sex romp
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