President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted presidential pardon to Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death in 2020 for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.
Maryam Sanda, 37, was released under the President’s nationwide pardon program after spending six years and eight months in the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre.
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The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement that the clemency was based on the recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, which was headed by Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.
The committee said “Sanda showed good behaviour, deep remorse, and significant personal change during her time in prison, calling her a model inmate who had truly repented.”
“Her family had also pleaded for her release, citing her efforts at rehabilitation and the need to care for her two children.”
Sanda’s pardon was among 175 granted by President Tinubu, including posthumous pardons for Ken Saro-Wiwa, Major General Mamman Vatsa, and Professor Magaji Garba, as part of the government’s effort to promote national unity and justice reform.
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The presidency disclosed that the decision followed recommendations from the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, chaired by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN).
Maryam Sanda’s case first gained public attention when Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT High Court in Abuja convicted and sentenced her to death by hanging on January 27, 2020, ruling that she had fatally stabbed her husband at their home.
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