"Nigeria's Supreme Court on Friday reinstated a death sentence of Maryam Sanda, who had received a presidential pardon reducing her sentence to 12 years in prison, several Nigerian media outlets reported. Sanda was found guilty by an Abuja High Court in January 2020 of fatally stabbing her husband, Bilyamin Bello, in 2017, Nigeria's Punch news website reported. She was sentenced to death by hanging, and an appeals court later upheld the sentence."
"A panel of five justices on Friday voted 4-1 to nullify the presidential commutation and uphold the death sentence, according to several Nigerian outlets, including Punch, Arise TV and The National Online. The court argued that Sanda's appeal against her sentence "lacked merit," Arise TV reported. Justice Moore Adumein ruled that the prosecution proved its case "beyond reasonable doubt," adding that the court of appeals' decision to uphold the sentence was also sound."
Maryam Sanda was convicted by an Abuja High Court in January 2020 for fatally stabbing her husband, Bilyamin Bello, in 2017 and was sentenced to death by hanging. An appeals court upheld the death sentence. President Bola Tinubu later commuted the sentence to 12 years in prison on compassionate grounds. A five-justice panel of the Supreme Court voted 4-1 to nullify the presidential commutation and reinstate the death sentence, finding the appeal lacked merit. Justice Moore Adumein held that the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt and that issuing a pardon while an appeal remained pending was improper. Sanda is a daughter-in-law of a former PDP chairman.
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