- Safiu Kehinde
The family of former Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Haliru Bello, has kicked against President Bola Tinubu’s pardon of Maryam Sanda, wife of late son, Bilyaminu Bello.
NPO Reported that Sanda had last week made the list of 175 convicts granted clemency and pardon by President Bola Tinubu.
Sanda was in 2020 sentenced to death over murder of Bilyaminu who died from the multiple stabs from his wife.
Her family had reportedly requested her release, asserting that it would greatly benefit her two children.
They based their appeal on her exemplary behavior while incarcerated, her expression of remorse, and her adoption of a new way of living.
However, Sanda’s release after six years and eight months at the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre had however sparked controversies.
In the wake of her release, the family of the late Bilyaminu, as disclosed in a post shared on X on Tuesday, condemned the presidential pardon granted to Sanda.
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