Maryam Sanda

Maryam Sanda Must Die By Hanging – Appeal Court

December 5, 2020 3:27 am

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the conviction and death sentence by hanging that was handed to Maryam Sanda, by a lower court for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.

Delivering judgment, Justice Stephen Adah, who read the decision on behalf of the three-member panel of justices held that the trial judge was right in his decision.

‘I have gone through the record before the court and I am fully certain that the learned trial court did not engage any investigation outside the evidence before it,’ he said.

‘The appellant did not point out where the trial judge

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The late Bilyaminu Haliru Bello and his wife Maryam Sanda

Husband Killer Maryam Sanda Appeals Death Sentence

February 21, 2020 4:43 am

Maryam Sanda who was found guilty for the gruesome murder of her husband Bilyaminu Bello has filed an appeal against the death sentence she was handed by a Federal High Court in Abuja.

The convict alleged that the death sentence handed to her by Justice Yusuf Halilu was ”tainted by bias and prejudices”, and that she wasn’t given a fair hearing. She then asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the verdict and acquit her.

Maryam added that she was convicted on circumstantial evidence by the trial judge who reportedly failed to rule on her preliminary objection, challenging the …