The court ruled that there was evidence that Maryam stabbed her husband to death.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has on Friday, December 4, 2020, affirmed the death penalty imposed on Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.
Presiding Judge, Justice Steven Adah held that it was not in doubt that the Maryam killed her husband, adding that she has no reason to set aside the judgement that convicted her of murder.
Maryam Sanda’s first sentence
In a judgment delivered on January 27, 2020, Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory had held that circumstantial evidence proved that Maryam “fatally” stabbed her husband to death.
Based on the evidence before the court, the mother of two was sentenced to death by hanging for killing her husband
