Bilyamin Bello’s killing: Murder trial against Maryam Sanda starts today

The trial of Maryam Sanda who was alleged to have killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello will commence today before an FCT High Court in Jabi. The FCT Police Command in a two-count charge accused Maryam, the daughter of a former Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans, Hajiya Maimuna Aliyu Sanda, of killing Bello, the […]

The trial of Maryam Sanda who was alleged to have killed her husband, Bilyamin Bello will commence today before an FCT High Court in Jabi.

The FCT Police Command in a two-count charge accused Maryam, the daughter of a former Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans, Hajiya Maimuna Aliyu Sanda, of killing Bello, the son of Alhaji Bello Halliru Muhammad, a former chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

They alleged that Maryam had caused the death of Bello “by stabbing him on the chest with a broken bottle which eventually led to his death and you did with the knowledge that your act is likely to cause his death.”

Upon her arraignment on November 24, the court ordered that she be remanded in prisons after she pleaded not guilty to the charge levied against her.

Maryam’s lawyer, Barrister Husseini Musa had orally pleaded with the court to release Maryam on bail pending the determination of the case or consider her status as a nursing mother and order that she be returned to police custody instead of prisons.

The trial judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu however said “It is not proper to send the defendant back to the custody of the prosecution once arraignment has been done.”

He thereafter adjourned the case to today, December 7 for hearing.