Posted by Samuel on Fri 12th Dec, 2025 - tori.ng
Sanda was sentenced to de@th by hanging in 2020 over the de@th of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, during a domestic dispute.
The Supreme Court has revoked the pardon previously granted by President Bola Tinubu to Abuja-based housewife Maryam Sanda.
Sanda was sentenced to de@th by hanging in 2020 over the de@th of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, during a domestic dispute.
However, President Tinubu recently reduced Sanda’s sentence to 12 years’ imprisonment on compassionate grounds, according to the presidency.
In a judgement delivered on Friday, the Supreme Court, in a four-to-one split decision, affirmed the de@th sentence originally handed down by the Court of Appeal, Abuja.
The Court of Appeal had previously upheld the decision of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, which sentenced her to de@th by hanging.
The Apex Court resolved all issues raised in the appeal Sanda filed and dismissed it as being without merit.
Justice Moore Adumein, delivering the lead judgment personally, held that the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt as required, adding that the Court of Appeal was correct to affirm the trial court’s judgement.