Kano State Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Gidan Murtala, Kano has ordered the remand of Jamila Sani, wife of the alleged kidnapper and killer of Hanifa Abubakar.
Mrs Sani, 30, was arraigned on a count charge of alleged concealing of a kidnap victim. Her husband Abdulmalik Tanko is standing trial on a four-count charge of concealing a kidnapped victim, conspiracy, kidnapping and culpable homicide.
The prosecution, while reading the first information report to Sani, alleged that she concealed a kidnapped victim in her house for the period of five days.
“That you Jamila Muhammad Sani, a wife to Abdulmalik Tanko Muhammad, a proprietor and teacher of Noble Kids Comprehensive Academy located at Kwanar Dakata in Kano State, on the 4th December 2021 around 1830hrs your husband brought to you Hanifa Abubakar a 5-year-old pupil, wearing her school uniform and spent five days in your custody.
“You kept her hostage knowing fully that she was kidnapped by your husband and you refused to disclosed it to any person,” the report stated.
The prosecution said the alleged offence contravenes section 227 of Penal Code.
Consequently, the prosecutor counsel Lamido Dinki prayed the court to remand the defendant in police custody pending when the case diary is ready.
Chief Magistrate Muhammmad Jibril granted the prayer and ordered that Sani be remanded in police custody till February 2.
