BREAKING: Maryam Sanda to die by hanging for killing husband
An FCT High Court in Maitama has sentenced Maryam Sanda to
death by hanging for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello The court found Sanda
guilty of killing her husband and thus convicted her of the charges.
She is to be remanded in Suleja Correctional Centre until
she exhausts her appeal rights. Earlier, the judge stood down the matter for
five minutes following the drama that ensued after the conviction was passed.
However, court officials and prisons officials dragged her
back into the dock. The judge was forced to rise after several women started
wailing in the court room One of them who made attempt to approach Maryam was
ordered to be taken away by the judge.
Justice Yusuf Halliru rose for 5 minutes to return for
sentencing. As at the time of filing this report, Maryam is still wailing and
shouting “Inna liLlahi wa inna iLaihi raji’un”, while efforts are being made by
her family and lawyer to console her. Our reporter heard her saying, “I was
fasting and praying … Ya Allah, why?” as court officials announced that the
judge was about to return for sentencing. Maryam was tried before the court for
allegedly killing Bello, her husband, who was a nephew of former PDP Chairman,
Alhaji Bello Halliru Muhammad. Maryam was docked alongside her mother, Maimuna
Aliyu, a former Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans; her brother, Aliyu
Sanda and her housemaid, Sadiya Aminu, who were charged with assisting her to
conceal the evidence by cleaning the blood of the deceased from the scene of
the crime. They pleaded not guilty. They all filed no-case submissions after
the police had called six witnesses to corroborate the charge. The trial judge
discharged others while he held that Maryam has a case to answer.
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