The Supreme Court dropped a bombshell Friday, slapping down President Bola Tinubu’s recent pardon and reinstating the death-by-hanging sentence for housewife Maryam Sanda, convicted of killing her husband Bilyaminu Bello in a 2020 domestic brawl.
Justice Moore Adumein led the 4-1 ruling, saying prosecutors nailed the culpable homicide case beyond doubt, the Court of Appeal got it right, and Tinubu’s executive mercy couldn’t override a pending appeal—dismissing Sanda’s challenge as meritless after lower FCT High Court and appeals courts had sealed her fate.
Tinubu had cut her sentence to 12 years on compassionate grounds, but the apex court said no—ending years of legal drama with finality.
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