Supreme Court Faults President Tinubu On Exercise Of ‘Pardon” Over A Case Of Culpable Homicide, Affirms Maryam Sanda’s Death Sentence

<h4>&NewLine;Supreme Court Faults President Tinubu<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Supreme Court has faulted President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the exercise of presidential pardon over a case of culpable homicide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Supreme Court&comma; on Friday&comma; reaffirmed the death sentence that was handed to the daughter-in-law of a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; Maryam Sanda&comma; for committing culpable homicide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An Abuja high court had&comma; on January 27&comma; 2020&comma; sentenced her to death by hanging after she was found guilty of stabbing her husband&comma; Bilyamin Bello&comma; to death at their Abuja residence in 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;23052" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-23052" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-23052" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;11&sol;supreme-court-abuja-1-b-300x121&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Supreme Court Faults President Tinubu On Exercise Of &OpenCurlyQuote;Pardon” Over A Case Of Culpable Homicide&comma; Affirms Maryam Sanda’s Death Sentence " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"121" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-23052" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Supreme Court<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Though she had already spent about six years and eight months at the Suleja prison&comma; President Bola Tinubu&comma; in the exercise of his executive powers&comma; reduced her total sentence to 12 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice&comma; Prince Lateef Fagbemi&comma; SAN&comma; explained that her inclusion in the recent presidential pardon was based on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;compassionate ground and in the best interest of the children&comma;” listing some of the qualities that earned her clemency to include &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;good conduct&comma; embraced new lifestyle&comma; model to prisoners and remorsefulness&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; a five-member panel of justices of the apex court&comma; in a split judgement of four to one&comma; on Friday&comma; restated the judicial pronouncement that ordered her death by hanging&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The court resolved all the issues she raised to set aside her conviction and sentence against her and dismissed her appeal for want of merit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;26207" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-26207" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-26207" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;Bola-Tinubu-2-300x250&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Supreme Court Faults President Tinubu On Exercise Of &OpenCurlyQuote;Pardon” Over A Case Of Culpable Homicide&comma; Affirms Maryam Sanda’s Death Sentence " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-26207" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>President Bola Tinubu<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In the lead verdict that was delivered by Justice Moore Adumein&comma; the apex court held that the prosecution established her guilt beyond every reasonable doubt&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It held that the Court of Appeal’s decision that upheld the sentence that was passed by the trial court was unassailable&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">The Supreme Court<&sol;a><&sol;strong> held that it was wrong for President Tinubu&comma; being the head of the executive arm of the government&comma; to seek to exercise his powers to grant pardon over a case of culpable homicide&comma; in respect of which an appeal was pending&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;