Breaking: Alleged husband killer, Maryam Sanda granted bail over pregnancy report

Mr Bello was a son of a former chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Haliru Bello.

Sanda was granted bail by the judge, Yusuf Halilu, based on medical reports which indicate she is pregnant and ill, Premium Times reports. She had also been nursing a baby and had previously appeared in court with her baby daughter.

Sanda has been facing trial on allegations of homicide for the alleged killing of her husband and had been denied bail on at least two occasions.

Prosecutors say she stabbed the deceased several times on the chest at their residence at 4, Pakali Close, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on November 19, 2017, “with the knowledge that his death would be the probable and not only the likely consequence” of the act.

Sanda is accused of the first count of committing culpable homicide punishable by death under section 221 of the Penal Code Act. Three of her family members are also joined as co-defendants for allegedly tampering with the evidence punishable under section 167 of the Penal Code Act.

She was first arraigned on 24th November 2017.