Irate youths burn school over killing of five-year-old pupil by proprietor

Enraged youths have razed a private school in Kano over the recent murder of five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar.

The private school, identified as Noble Kids Comprehensive College, is located at Kwanar Dakata in Nassarawa local government area, in Kano metropolis.

It was reported last week that the school was closed by the State Government.

In the now-viral video seen by The Nation, angry youths of the community mobilized in full force to burn down the school.

Parts of the school’s building were razed.

The proprietor of the school Abdulmalik Tanko confessed to the police he used a N100 rat poison to kill Hanifa and buried her “in a shallow grave within the private school premises.”

According to him, the school has two branches and the first — where Hanifa was buried — was opened in 2017.