According to Dailytrust, there have been reports, especially on social media and Whatsapp broadcast that Maryam Sanda, the woman convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for killing her husband, had been granted a Presidential pardon.
On January 27, an FCT High Court in Maitama sentenced Sanda to death for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. She has challenged her conviction and sentencing in a notice of appeal filed at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Sanda killed her husband on November 19, 2017, through multiple stabbing.
She was arraigned alongside three other persons, including her mother and brother. However, the others were discharged because the prosecution was unable to link them to the charges.
The late Bello is a son of a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Haliru Bello. But the news of her release filtered in on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari, who recently granted pardon to five inmates and clemency to another 2,593 prisoners, had pardoned her.
Maryam Sanda still in custody
In a response to Daily Trust’s inquiry, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said Sanda was still in custody.
