The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday has upheld the death sentence handed Maryam Sanda, convicted for murdering her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, a cousin of former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Haliru Bello.
A three-man panel of the court, in a judgment on Friday afternoon, dismissed Sandra’s appeal for lacking in merit.
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Maryam a mother of two contended that the judgment convicting her was tainted by bias and prejudices resulting in her being denied her right to fair hearing.
She was earlier this year, by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, convicted for murder and ordered to be hanged.
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