
<p class="has-drop-cap">The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday, convicted and sentenced Maryam Sanda to death by hanging for the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.</p>



<p>Delivering the judgment, Justice Yusuf Halilu, held that there was circumstantial evidence coupled with her testimony and statement to the police that she &#8220;fatally&#8221; stabbed her husband to death in Abuja on November 19, 2017.</p>



<p>The judge ordered that she should be remanded in Suleja prison till she exhausts her right of appeal.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://occupygh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Maryam-Sanda-2.jpg" alt="Maryam Sanda" class="wp-image-39243"/><figcaption>Maryam Sanda Sentenced to death For Stabbing Husband To Death</figcaption></figure>



<p>Her deceased husband has been variously reported as a son or nephew of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Haliru Bello.</p>



<p>Sanda, the mother of two, her mother and other relatives broke down in tears immediately the judge pronounced her guilt.</p>



<p>Her mother, who was occupying a back seat, sped out of the court as she wept.</p>



<p>Sanda while crying rushed out of the courtroom which was next to the dock but the judge ordered that she should be brought back to the courtroom.</p>



<p>In the middle of the confusion, the defence lawyer attempted to make a plea for allocutus (plea for mercy) but the judge said he needed to rise for the courtroom to be restored to normalcy.</p>



<p>The judge said he would return to deliver the sentence after some minutes.</p>



<p>When the judge returned from the break, he said there would be no room for allocutus.</p>



<p>He said the offence for which the convict was convicted was based on Section 221 of the Penal Code.</p>



<p>&#8220;It has been said that thou shall not kill. Whoever kills in cold blood shall die in cold blood,&#8221; the judge said.</p>



<p>&#8220;Maryam Sanda should reap what she has sown,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;it is blood for blood&#8221;.</p>



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Maryam Sanda To Die By Hanging For Stabbing Husband To Death
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