The Federal Government has condemned the kidnap and gruesome murder of 5-year-old Hanifa Abubakar by her teacher and proprietor of the Noble Kids Academy, Kano State, urging explicit prosecution of the killers of the innocent girl.
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, while reacting to the tragic incident, insisted that justice must not only be served but explicitly delivered.
Adamu in a statement issued by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Mr Ben. Bem Goong described the heinous killing of the pupil by her teacher as an assault on the entire teaching profession, which must not be allowed to happen again.
The murder of the innocent schoolgirl by her teacher and proprietor of Noble Kids Academy, Abdulmalik Tanko, had attracted nationwide condemnation, while the school has been shut by the Kano Government including withdrawal of licenses of private school operators in the state.
Tanko and his alleged accomplices have been arraigned before a magistrate court in Kano and charged with “criminal conspiracy, kidnapping and culpable homicide.”
Adamu, however, said he was watching closely the steps being taken towards ensuring that justice is done, wondering where else a child be safe if a child trusted in safe custody a teacher could not be safe.
The statement read in part: “The Federal Ministry of Education condemns the killing of a pupil in Kano in all its ramifications and applauds the steps being taken by the Kano State government to address the ugly incident.
“We are watching this National tragedy very closely and we are interested in seeing that justice is not only done but explicitly seen to be done.
“If a child can not be safe in the hands of his/her teacher, where else can the child be safe.
“This is an assault on the entire teaching profession and must not be allowed to happen again.
“We sympathize with the parents of the innocent baby and pray that Allah condoles them in the best way possible- Adamu reiterated.”
Meanwhile, the Registrar of Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Olusegun Ajiboye, confirmed that an investigation carried out by the Council revealed that the said killer-teacher was not registered and never made an attempt to do so.
Ajiboye commended the prompt reaction of the Kano State government to immediately shut the school.
He, however, called for a compulsory registration exercise of all teachers and schools, rather than a pronouncement revocating the licences of all private schools in the state.
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