Maryam Sanda's Death Sentence Reduced to 12 Years in Prison
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 29/10/2025
Maryam Sanda, convicted of fatally stabbing her husband in 2017, has had her death sentence reduced to 12 years' imprisonment.The decision was announced in the reduced terms of imprisonment and sentence list released on Wednesday by Lateef Fagbemi, Nigeria's Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). After backlash for granting a presidential pardon to Maryam Sanda, sentenced to death in 2020 for the killing of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, President Bola Tinubu has revoked the pardon and reversed her sentence to 12 years.More details to follow.
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