Sunusi Sa’id Kiru, the state Commissioner of Education, said this during a press conference on Monday.

The licenses were revoked in relation to the case of 5-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, who was kidnapped and then killed by Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of the school she attends, Noble Kids Academy, in the  Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state.

According to the Commissioner, as a result of the development, all licenses for private schools operating in Kano State have been revoked.

A committee consisting of officials from the State Ministries of Education, Justice as well as security agencies, and other relevant stakeholders will now be constituted to review and validate the licenses of private schools in the state.

“I want to use this opportunity to inform everyone that hence, the government has decided to revoke all certificates of private schools in the State.

”We are all aware of the ongoing case of Hanifa; how she was gruesomely murdered by a suspect called Abdulmalik Tanko who is the proprietor of Noble Kids Academy; view of the sad incident, especially regarding how she was murdered in the private school, the State government has decided to withdraw the certificate of all private schools for revalidation.

“The ministry of education will set criteria for their recertification. A panel has been set up comprising of the Ministry of Justice, Department of State Service, (DSS), Civil Defense and other security agencies to look into the revalidation of all private schools in Kano State,” Kiru said.

Furthermore, the Nigerian Police Force has arraigned Abdulmalik Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids School in Kano State’s Nasarawa Local Government Area.

The proprietor was arraigned before a magistrate’s court in Kano.

He was charged with the murder of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old child, before Senior Magistrate Muhammad Jibril.