OYOGist.com has learned that that the Court of Appeal seated in Abuja, has on Thursday 4th of December, 2020 affirmed the death penalty sentence issued on Mrs. Maryam Sanda for the alleged murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in November 2017.
On January 27, 2020, Justice Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Abuja Federal High Court delivered a death penalty judgment on Mrs. Maryam Sanda on the basis of circumstantial evidence which proved that Mrs. Maryam fatally and brutally stabbed her husband to death.
Following the Federal High Court judgment, Mrs. Maryam Sanda, who is a mother of two (2) kids, filed for a 20 ground appeal notice, prayed to the court for an order to discharge, and acquit her of her crimes.
Mrs. Sanda challenged the judgment condemning her to death, stating that the judgement was delivered by bias and prejudices from being denied her fundamental right to a free and fair hearing.
