Convicted Husband Killer, Maryam Sanda Heads To Supreme Court
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Convicted husband killer, Maryam Sanda begins battle for life at Supreme Court
Convicted husband killer, Mrs Maryam Sanda will today at the Supreme
Court begin a legal battle to save her life from death sentence passed on her by
a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory and upheld by the Court of Appeal
in Abuja.
The convict, who is a mother of one, was ordered by the
high court to be hanged until she dies having been found guilty of killing her
husband, Bilyaminu Bello, a cousin of former National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello.
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Her death sentence by Justice Halilu Yusuf was on December 4, 2020, upheld
by the Abuja division of the Court of Appeal in a unanimous judgment delivered
by Justice Stephen Ada.
A hearing notice just sighted by DAILY POST
showed that the Apex Court has slated the appeal by the convict for adjudication
before a 5-man panel of Justices.
Mrs Sanda in her appeal is urging
the Supreme Court to void and set aside the concurrent findings and conviction
by both the high court and the Court of Appeal.
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Her legal team is
billed to be led by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and former President of
the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Joseph Bodunde Daudu.
She is
claiming mis-carriage of justice in the ways and manner her trial was conducted
and death sentence passed on her.
Specifically, she wants the
Supreme Court to resolve in her favor, the allegations of denial of fair hearing
she leveled against the FCT high court.
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Mrs Sanda was on January 27,
2020, convicted by the High Court for stabbing her husband, a real estate
developer, to death at their Abuja residence in 2017.
Her fate will be sealed at the SC, she will be sentenced to death
ReplyDeleteShe will soon get the same judgment.
ReplyDeleteShe will serve as a deterrent to her female folks who enjoyed killing their spouse.
We are waiting patiently for the judgement and Justice be done.