Maryam Sanda

The Federal Government has released the final list for the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Bola Tinubu earlier issued the instruments granting pardon, clemency, and…
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By Mahmud Jega While the late murder victim Bilyaminu Bello’s family members were vigorously protesting the pardon granted to the wife who murdered him in cold blood, a man claiming to be his biological father was hauled before the…
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Father of the late Bilyaminu Bello, Alhaji Ahmed Bello Isa, has publicly accepted the clemency granted to his daughter-in-law, Maryam Sanda, by President Bola Tinubu, saying he has long forgiven her for the death of his son. Addressing a…
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The family of the late Bilyaminu Bello has condemned the presidential pardon granted to his wife, Maryam Sanda, who was convicted and sentenced to death for his murder. They described the move as “the worst possible injustice any family…
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By: Lamara Garba Azare Tinubu’s mass pardon blurs the line between compassion and compromise, raising a haunting question: when mercy favors the powerful, what becomes of justice? In the cold chambers of justice where verdicts echo…
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President Bola Tinubu has pardoned Maryam Sanda, the woman sentenced to death for the killing of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. Sanda, sentenced on January 27, 2020, was among 175 convicts and former convicts who received clemency on…
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The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed a report that Maryam Sanda had been granted a presidential pardon. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPEO), Mr Chuks Njoku, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja described the…
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Following her conviction by an FCT High Court over the alleged killing of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, Maryam Sanda has approached the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, asking the court to set aside the verdict and acquit her. Sanda, who…
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An FCT High Court on Monday sentenced Maryam Sanda, the woman who stabbed her husband to death, Bilyaminu, son of a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello, to death by hanging. Delivering judgment,…
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Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja will today, Monday deliver judgment in the murder charge against Ms Maryam Sanda, accused of stabbing her husband to death in November 2017. The Nigerian…
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