Wife Who Killed Ex-PDP Chairman’s Foster Son Might Face Death Penalty
The police have said the offence committed by Maryam Sanda, the woman who stabbed her husband, Bilyaminu Bello-Haliru, multiple times, committed an offence of “culpable homicide punishable by death.”
The victim, Mr. Bello-Haliru, was the son of a former minister and national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Haliru Bello.
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A charge sheet prepared by the police and filed at the FCT High Court said the killing was premeditated and are seeking death penalty against the accused in the two-count charge.
Recall that The WHISTLER reported that Ms. Sanda stabbed her husband with broken bottles at about 3:50 a.m in their Abuja home.
The police however revealed that the murder was committed in Zone 2, Wuse, Abuja and not Maitama, Abuja as had been widely reported.
She was therefore charged under Sections 221, 240 and 247 of the Penal Code.
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The police have secured a two-week remand warrant to keep the suspect in custody as homicide detectives continue with investigation.
The matter would be heard at Courtroom No. 32 by the Chief Judge of FCT High Court, the police said. But no date has been fixed for commencement of trial.
