Gobe turn to grace: Maryam Sanda Don waka Free after Tinubu Presidential pardon,Na big gist wey shake Nigeria that year don resurface again oh! Remember Maryam Sanda — the woman wey court sentence to death in 2020 for stabbing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello? Well, Madam don finally collect presidential pardon after she spend about six years and eight months for Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre.
According to tori from Bayo Onanuga, wey be Special Adviser to President Tinubu, na Maryam Sanda family beg government make dem free her. Dem talk say e go help her two children wey don dey grow without papa and mama. Dem even yarn say Maryam don turn new leaf for prison, dey behave well, and dey live like “model prisoner.”
As e be now, the presidential pardon don wipe Maryam Sanda slate clean like say nothing happen. Some Nigerians don dey wonder if this one na “mercy or mystery,” but government insist say the move na part of larger decision to show clemency to some Nigerians and foreigners.
Tinubu Extend Mercy Hand to 175 People — Ogoni Nine Join the List
President Tinubu no stop for just Maryam Sanda matter oh — the man really open hand of forgiveness wide. According to the statement, about 175 people don collect clemency, including big names like late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, Major General Mamman Vatsa, and other members of the famous “Ogoni Nine.”
The statement talk say na one of the biggest presidential mercy package wey Nigeria don ever see. The Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, wey Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), chair, recommend the list before Baba Tinubu gree sign am.
Some Nigerians clap for the move, say e show say government get human face. Others still dey side-eye am, say e fit look like government dey use pardon take do PR. Either way, e sure say this one don restart old argument about justice and forgiveness for Naija.
From Death Sentence to Freedom — Maryam Sanda Don See Life 360°
Maryam Sanda story na full Nollywood movie on its own. In January 2020, Justice Yusuf Halilu of FCT High Court sentence Maryam Sanda to death by hanging after court find say she stab her husband for house. Her lawyers no gree rest, dem appeal the judgment for 20 grounds — but the Court of Appeal dismiss am the same year, saying the evidence too strong.
Justice Stephen Adah for him judgment even talk say “the circumstance of the death na clear proof of wetin happen.” After that, police carry the matter go Supreme Court to make sure justice hold strong.
But life don take new turn now — presidential pardon don change everything. Na so life be: one minute you dey await death sentence, next minute you dey pack your prison bag go house. Nigerians still dey yarn say this matter go trend reach December because e raise big question — “who truly deserve mercy?”
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