Nigeria, Oct. 11 -- President Bola Tinubu has granted clemency to Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death in 2020 for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, during a domestic dispute.

Mr Tinubu's decision was announced on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Ms Sanda, now 37, had spent six years and eight months at the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre before her release.

According to Mr Onanuga, the decision followed pleas from her family, who argued that freeing her was in the best interest of her two children. He added that the pardon was also based on her good conduct in custody and her "remorse and embrace of a new lifestyle."

PREMIUM TIMES had extensively reported Ms Sanda's prosecutio...