•Maryam Sanda and late husband, Bilyamin Bello The Supreme Court, today, reaffirmed the death sentence that was handed to the daughter-in-law of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Maryam Sanda, for committing culpable homicide. An Abuja high court had, on January 27, 2020, sentenced her to death by hanging after she was [&...
•Convicted IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The South East caucus of the House of Representatives has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to invoke his constitutional powers to grant the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu presidential pardon. The caucus said in a statement that granting Kanu, who was sentenced to life [&...
•Maryam Sanda and her late husband The family of the late Bilyaminu Ahmed Bello has expressed disappointment over the presidential pardon granted to Maryam Sanda, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her husband. In a statement released yesterday, signed by Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed (Dangaladiman Gwandu) on behalf of the ...
•Effiong and Tinubu Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent presidential pardon of some persons among the 175 convicted individuals, describing the move as one that will embolden criminality and weaken the country’s justice system. Speaking on Channels Television today, Effiong said the president’s decisi...
•Tinubu and Sanda President Bola Tinubu has pardoned Maryam Sanda, who was convicted of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in Abuja. Bello was the son of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Haliru Bello, reports Channels TV. Sanda was sentenced to death by hanging by Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory...
•Macaulay, Vatsa and Tinubu The Council of State today approved the exercise of the presidential prerogative of mercy for 175 persons across various categories. The decision followed a presentation by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s recommendations based...
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