CRIME Husband killing: Maryam Sanda’s trial starts today

An FCT High Court in Jabi will today commence trial in the case of culpable homicide against Maryam Sanda, accused of killing her husband, Bilyamin Bello.

The FCT Police Command December, last year, also docked Maryam’s mother, Maimuna Aliyu, her brother, Aliyu Sanda and one other for allegedly helping to conceal evidence on the crime scene.

In count one of the amended charge, the police alleged that Maryam had caused the death of her husband, Bilyamin Bello, a son of Alhaji Bello Halliru Muhammad, a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), “by stabbing him on the chest and other parts of the body with a knife and other dangerous weapons which eventually led to his death.”

It was alleged in the second count that Aliyu, Maimuna, a former Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans and one Sadiya Aminu with the knowledge that a murder has been committed “cause evidence of the offence to disappear.”

Police alleged that the trio cleaned the blood from the crime scene with the intention of screening Maryam from legal punishment.

They all pleaded not guilty to the charge and while Maimuna, Aliyu and Sadiya were released on bail, the court ordered that the pregnant and breast-feeding Maryam be remanded in prison.

The court subsequently adjourned the matter to today, February 5, 2018 for commencement of hearing.