The Presidency has revealed that President Bola Tinubu granted clemency and not a pardon to Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death in 2020 for the murder of her husband.
Naijaonpoint reports that the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television, stated that Sanda’s case was a crime of passion and not a premeditated act.
According to Onanuga, Maryam Sanda’s children were also put into consideration.
The presidential aide further explained that anything can happen between a couple in the heat of an argument.
He said, “This president is not the one that is afraid to reverse himself. He’s been considerate about this. He’s a human being, who can make mistakes and he listens to the public.
“Maryam Sanda was given clemency, not pardon. Her kids were put into consideration. It was a crime of passion, not premeditated.
“Anything can happen between a man and a woman in the heat of the moment. The president is moved by compassion.”
Naijaonpoint recalls that after President Tinubu recently reduced the death sentence passed on Maryam Sanda to 12 years imprisonment after outrage marred the earlier presidential pardon.
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