Maryam Sanda being whisked away from the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja after she was sentenced to death on January 27, 2020A human rights activist and Director of Communication and Advocacy of Make A Difference Initiative, Lemmy Ughegbe, has decried the failure of Justice Yusuf Halilu to diligently follow the letters and processes of law in reaching a decision to convict Maryam Sanda on the charge of taking the life of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.
“I have studied the judgment of Justice Halilu and it is crystal clear that he failed to rule on the preliminary objection one way or the other. Based on the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, Justice Halilu had upon hearing the preliminary objection announced that he would go ahead with the trial and when it was all done, he would rule on the objection and its success or failure and determine whether or not to proceed to deliver a judgment.
Ughegbe said the failure of the judge to rule on the preliminary objection amounted to a bias against the defendant and a consequent denial of her constitutional right to fair hearing. “The absence of a murder weapon, autopsy report, confessional statement and pictures taken of the body of the deceased make it nearly impossible to convict Maryam Sanda on the charge of culpable homicide.”
Are we still on this Maryam Sanda case? This woman should have been lying in state already. Are advocates trying to reverse her 'death sentence' or 'death'
Murder is a capital offence, once found guilty of murder, death sentence follows, the Judge has no powers to reduce the sentence because it's mandatory. What exactly is the rights advocate tackling?
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