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After Public Outcry, Tinubu Reverses Maryam Sanda’s Pardon, Convict To Spend Six Years In Jail

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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday revoked the Presidential pardon  granted to Maryam Sanda, sentenced to death in 2020 for the killing of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.

The President also reversed her sentence to 12 years.

This was revealed in an official gazette released by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday.

According to the gazette, Sanda, who had already spent six years and eight months at the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, got the new approved term on compassionate grounds.
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