BREAKING: Court of Appeal upholds death sentence for Maryam Sanda

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the death sentence passed on Maryam Sanda.

She was earlier found guilty of murdering her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) convicted her.

On Friday, a three-man panel dismissed Sandra’s appeal for lacking in merit.

The judgement upholds her punishment of death by hanging.

The deceased was a cousin of former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello.

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