The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), on Friday, expressed the nation’s condolences to the family of the kidnapped and murdered five-year-old schoolgirl, Hanifa Abubakar. The body of the schoolgirl was discovered in a shallow grave in Kano after almost two months of fruitless search. Buhari’s condolence was disclosed in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. According to Shehu, Buhari praised the work of the Police and the secret service in unraveling the mystery behind the disappearance of Hanifa, and particularly for the arrest of her teacher and his other accomplices suspected of the child’s kidnap and murder.

Source: Punch January 22, 2022 08:12 UTC