The Supreme Court has revoked the pardon previously granted by President Bola Tinubu to Abuja-based housewife Maryam Sanda, who was convicted for the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.
Sanda was originally sentenced to death by hanging in 2020 following a domestic dispute that resulted in her husband’s de@th.
President Tinubu had 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 original death sentence.
The Apex Court resolved all issues raised in Sanda’s appeal and dismissed it as being without merit. Justice Moore Adumein, delivering the lead judgment, 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 judgment.
