Maryam Sanda Returns to Court to Challenge Death Sentence

Maryam Sanda, a woman who was convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to death by Justice Yusuf Halilu of the the High Court of the FCT has headed to the Court of Appeal in Abuja to challenge her sentence.

The judgement passed on January 27, 2020 was the result of months of back and forth in court as the family of Maryam Sanda tried to ensure that she got away with it.

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Her late husband, Haliru Bello who was murdered by the wife was the cousin of the former national Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The appeal filed by Maryam Sanda said that the judgement passed by Justice Haliru was tainted by bias and prejudice which denied her the fair hearing she is now asking from the Court of Appeal in Abuja.

Her appeal read in part that: “the trial judge exhibited bias against the defendant in not ruling one way or the other on the said motion challenging his jurisdiction to entertain the charge” and “therefore fundamentally breached the right to fair hearing of the defendant.”