Justice Usman Na’aba has overruled allegations of threat to life, confession under-duress and torture raised by Abdulmaliq Tanko, the prime suspect in the murder case of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil of Noble Kiddies Academy.
At the resumption of the criminal trial on Wednesday, Justice Na’aba
declared that there was no substantive evidence brought before the court
to prove the suspects were not responsible for their earlier statements.
In his ruling on trial within a trial, Justice Na’aba declared that
Abdulmaliq could not clearly prove the identity of the device which he
claimed was used to penetrate his body parts, thereby dismissing the
suspects’ argument.
Abdulmalik, the prime suspect had alleged that he was electrocuted with
an unknown device and threatened with dangerous weapons by the
security agents while making a statement that he claimed he refused to
sign.
