The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the death sentence imposed on Maryam Sanda over the death of Bilyamin Mohammed Bello, her husband.
The federal government had arraigned Sanda and three others
on a two-count charge bordering on culpable homicide.
She was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging on
January 27, 2020, by Yusuf Halilu, the trial judge.
“She should reap what she has sown, for it has been said that ‘thou shall not kill’ and whoever kills in cold blood deserves death as his own reward,” Halilu said.
“Convict also clearly deserves to die, accordingly I hereby
sentence Maryam Sanda to death by hanging until she dies.”
Aggrieved by the death sentence, Sanda approached the
appellate court seeking to upturn the trial court’s judgment.
In a notice of appeal predicated on 20 grounds, the
appellant through her legal team described the judgment of the trial court as
“a miscarriage of justice”.
She submitted that the judge relied on circumstantial
evidence as there was “lack of confessional statement, absence of murder
weapon, lack of corroboration of evidence by two or more witnesses and lack of
autopsy report to determine the true cause of her husband’s death.”
She also submitted the trial judge “erred and misdirected
himself by usurping the role of the police when he assumed the duty of an
investigating police officer (IPO) as contained in page 76 of his judgment…”
But on Friday, the appellate court upheld the death
sentence.
More to follow…
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