MARYAM SANDA: Maryam Sanda, who is standing trial for killing her husband in 2017 delivered a bouncing baby boy last Tuesday, August 7, 2018.
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However, a low-key naming ceremony was held on Tuesday August 14, 2018 when the baby boy named after her late husband, Bilyaminu
Maryam — daughter of Maimuna Aliyu, the former Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans Limited, whose nomination to the board of ICPC was withdrawn by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo following corruption allegations — was arrested after allegedly stabbing her husband to death in the neck, chest and genital area on November 18, 2017 over alleged infidelity.
She was said to have rushed him to a hospital where he gave up the ghost.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command then filed criminal charges of culpable homicide against Sanda, saying the alleged killing was premeditated and, as such, should be punished by death.
She was the nursing mother of a six-month-old baby girl at the time — a basis for which Joseph Daudu, her lawyer, initially tried to secure bail for her, but Yusuf Halilu, judge of a High Court in Jabi, Abuja, would have none of it.
Therefore, the accused was remanded at Suleja Prisons, although her brother and her mother, who were accused of tampering with evidence, were released on bail.
Maryam was finally granted bail in March 2018 after the court received medical reports confirming her pregnancy and illness.
Bello, her late husband, is the nephew of Bello Haliru, former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
www.sojworld.com © August 15, 2018
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