{"id":95432,"date":"2025-10-13T22:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=95432"},"modified":"2025-10-13T22:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:14:48","slug":"fury-erupts-as-family-of-slain-bilyaminu-bello-blasts-presidential-pardon-for-his-killer-wife-maryam-sanda-it-is-a-cruel-and-calculated-insult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=95432","title":{"rendered":"Fury erupts as family of slain Bilyaminu Bello blasts Presidential Pardon for his killer-wife, Maryam Sanda: It is a “cruel and calculated insult”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a move that’s sparked national outrage and reopened deep wounds, the family of Bilyaminu Ahmed Bello \u2014 the young man brutally stabbed to death by his wife, Maryam Sanda, in a shocking 2017 domestic murder \u2014 has come out swinging against the recent Presidential pardon that set his convicted killer free.<\/p>\n

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s decision to include Sanda among 175 prisoners granted clemency under the Prerogative of Mercy has been slammed by the Bello family as a “cruel and calculated insult,” tearing apart what little healing time had offered since the harrowing night Bilyaminu\u2019s life was snuffed out in cold blood.<\/p>\n

In a strongly worded statement signed by Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed, OFR (Dangaladiman Gwandu), the family didn’t mince words. \u201cThis pardon is a slap in the face of justice \u2014 a brutal reminder that, in Nigeria, connections and sentiment can whitewash even the bloodiest of crimes,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

Back in 2017, Nigerians were horrified as news broke that Sanda had viciously attacked and killed her husband in their Abuja home, reportedly over allegations of infidelity. After a lengthy legal battle, she was sentenced to death by hanging in 2020 \u2014 a verdict reaffirmed by both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. It was a rare, hard-won moment of justice in a country where such outcomes are far too elusive.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years, we kept quiet. We chose dignity over drama,\u201d the Bello family said. \u201cWe believed in the legal system. We endured the pain. We accepted the verdicts. Now, this pardon rips the scab off a wound that never truly healed.\u201d<\/p>\n

To the family, the decision isn\u2019t just tone-deaf \u2014 it\u2019s a \u201cgrotesque betrayal\u201d of the justice system and the memory of a man they say was more than just another crime statistic. \u201cBilyaminu was a son, a brother, a father \u2014 a bright light extinguished at the peak of his life,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cAnd now his killer walks free, as if all she did was squash an insect.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family didn’t hold back on what they view as the sinister undertones behind the pardon, calling it “selective mercy” \u2014 the result of backroom lobbying and emotional manipulation dressed up as compassion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey used the children Maryam once denied their father\u2019s love as props for sympathy. Let\u2019s not forget \u2014 she robbed them of a father. Now they\u2019re being used to humanise her. It\u2019s a sick irony.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanda\u2019s lack of remorse was also put on blast. \u201cShe never showed an ounce of regret. Not once. Yet here we are, watching her waltz back into the world, her slate wiped clean, while we\u2019re left to pick up the pieces of a shattered family.\u201d<\/p>\n

While condemning the decision, the family took solace in their faith, stating that while man\u2019s justice may fail, divine justice never does.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet the world do what it will. Allah is the ultimate Judge. There will be a Day of Reckoning,\u201d they declared, adding a heartfelt prayer for Bilyaminu\u2019s soul and for the strength to endure what they call an unforgivable miscarriage of justice.<\/p>\n

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In a move that’s sparked national outrage and reopened deep wounds, the family of Bilyaminu Ahmed Bello \u2014 the young man brutally stabbed to death by his wife, Maryam Sanda, in a shocking 2017 domestic murder \u2014 has come out swinging against the recent Presidential pardon that set his convicted killer free. President Bola Ahmed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":95433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5807,7],"tags":[844,5203,1452],"class_list":["post-95432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crime-and-violence","category-news","tag-bilyaminu","tag-insult","tag-pardon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}