By Vivian Okejeme, Abuja
Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, will today delivers judgment in Maryam Sanda alleged murder case.
The Police, alleged that the defendant had in a premeditated attack, stabbed her husband, the son of a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello, Bilyaminu to death.
The Nigerian police charged her with culpable homicide in November 2017 and are seeking the death penalty in the two-count charge.
The prosecution posited that Ms Sanda stabbed her husband with a broken bottle at about 3:50 a.m. on the fateful day. The police said she did so with “absolute intent to kill” him.
However, she pleaded not guilty to the crime.
After several attempts, Ms Sanda secured bail with the conditions including an undertaking from her father to produce her in court till the end of the trial.
Charges against Maimuna Aliyu, Ms Sanda’s mother; Aliyu Sanda, her brother, and Sadiya Aminu, her housemaid for allegedly tampering with evidence by cleaning the blood and other proofs from the crime scene were later dropped.
