Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT High Court in Maitama on Monday sentenced Maryam Sanda to death by hanging for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.
She is to be remanded in Suleja Correctional Centre until she exhausts her rights to appeal.
Earlier, the judge stood down the matter for five minutes following the drama that ensued after the conviction was pronounced.
When Maryam Sanda heard the pronouncement of death by hanging, she attempted to flee, but the court and prison’s officials dragged back her to the dock.
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Several women started wailing in the court room and one of them who attempted to approach Maryam was ordered to be taken away by the judge.
Maryam, however continued to wail and cry saying “Inna lilahi Inna roji hun.”
Maryam was tried before the court for allegedly killing Bello, her husband, a nephew of former PDP Chairman, Bello Halliru Muhammad.
She was docked alongside her mother, Maimuna Aliyu, a former Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans; her brother, Aliyu Sanda and her housemaid, Sadiya Aminu, who were charged with assisting her to conceal the evidence by cleaning the blood of the deceased from the scene of the crime.
They pleaded not guilty and filed no-case submissions after the police had called six witnesses to corroborate the charge.
However, the trial judge discharged others while he held that Maryam has a case to answer.
Recall that in November 2017, the police charged Sanda for culpable homicide and sought a death penalty against her on two counts.
