Husband killing: Court fixes March 20 for Maryam Sanda’s no case submission

An FCT High Court, Maitama, on Wednesday fixed March 20 for the
adoption of final written addresses in the no-case submission filed
by Maryam Sanda, charged with the alleged killing of her husband,
Bilyaminu Bello.

Maryam was alleged to have killed Bello, on Nov. 19, 2017,
through multiple stabbing and was arraigned alongside three other
persons.

NAN reports that the three other persons, Mrs Maimuna Aliyu,
Maryam’s mother; Aliyu Sanda, her brother; and Sadiya Aminu, her
housemaid, were charged with conspiracy in the murder case.

They all pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu, fixed the date, following the
inability of Aliyu ( the second defendant)’s counsel, Mr Hussein
Musa to serve court processes on the prosecution counsel on
time.

The prosecutor, Mr Fidelis Ogbobe, told the court that he was
yet to study and reply to the processes on the no -case submission
served on him because he received it late.

Earlier, Counsel for Sanda, Mr Olusegun Jolaawo told the court
that he served the prosecution his processes on a no- case
-submission since Feb. 1.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) reports that the prosecution
closed its case on Jan. 22 after calling six witnesses.

The witness, Inspector Josephine Onyendo, who testified as the
sixth prosecution witness (PW6), told the court Sanda, told the
police that the fight between her and the deceased that allegedly
led to his death was caused by a nude picture of a lady she found
on his phone.

Onyendo, who said that she was detailed to investigate the case,
said on getting to the house, we went inside where we saw a curtain
on the ground at upstairs.

“There was a praying mat on the floor and there was water on the
floor.”

She said after returning to the office, Sanda was asked to make
her statement and that according to the statement she said on Nov.
18, 2017, a woman sent nude pictures to her husband’s phone that
later resulted to fight between both of them,” the witness
said.

The witness further told the court that Sanda further stated in
the statement that during the fight a Shisha pot got broken while
they were fighting with the water inside spilling on the ground
which made her husband fell down on the broken bottle and got
injured.

She added that Sanda concluded that she took her husband to the
general hospital at Maitama, where he was confirmed dead.

Onyendo told the court that by the time the case was transferred
to the homicide section, the deceased had been buried according to
Islamic rites.