BREAKING: Court sentences Maryam Sanda to death by hanging for killing her husbandJustice Yusuf Halilu of High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Monday morning, convicted Maryam Sanda accused of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Haliru Bello. The judge held that she was convicted as charged by the police for killing her husband in the night of November 18, 2017 in the home at Wuse II in Abuja. According to the judge, Sanda failed to explain the death of her husband being the last person seen with him and held that she stabbed her with a knife. “You Maryam Sanda is guilty of murder of your husband, Bilyaminu Bello. You are hereby convicted as charged.”The shout of “Inna Llillahi wa inna illahi Rojihun” rent the courtroom from Sanda when she heard her conviction.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 27, 2020 10:41 UTC