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In an unexpected crook of events, Alhaji Ahmed Bello, who is the biologic begetter of the precocious Bilyaminu Bello, who was murdered by his wife, Maryam Sanda, successful 2017, has expressed his joyousness implicit the authorities pardon granted to his erstwhile daughter-in-law by President Bola Tinubu, saying vengeance can’t bring backmost his son.
According to him, helium had been connected a quiescent quest to unafraid state for Maryam, whom had been connected decease enactment since her sentencing for the execution of her husband.
Bello made the remarks astatine a associated property league with Alhaji Garba Sanda, begetter of Maryam, successful Abuja connected Tuesday.
He stated that his information was purely humanitarian, and that helium wanted his daughter-in-law released truthful she could look aft her 2 young children, adding that executing her would not bring backmost his son.
As a devout Muslim, Mr. Bello explained that helium had agelong accepted the tragic incident, which has been a taxable of nationalist discussion, choosing to forgive and permission judgement to Allah.
This paper saw letters wherever Alhaji Bello antecedently wrote some the past Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the past Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, successful 2019, to question clemency for Maryam Sanda.
He said though those aboriginal appeals went unanswered, the caller pardon granted by President Tinubu nether the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy yet brought his petition to fruition.
Bello made the archetypal plea for Maryam Sanda to beryllium acceptable escaped adjacent earlier her condemnation successful January 2020, authoritative documents that were made disposable to this paper showed. He recalled penning to the Commissioner of Police connected January 17, 2019, stating that helium had forgiven whoever was liable for his son’s decease and appealed that the complaint beryllium withdrawn “so that my son’s psyche could remainder successful bid according to Islamic injunction.”
He besides swore an affidavit astatine the FCT High Court connected June 21, 2019, reaffirming his forgiveness and pleading that the prosecution beryllium withdrawn.
Also, successful his missive dated December 16, 2024, titled “Request for Exercise of Prerogative of Mercy for My Daughter-in-Law, Maryam Sanda Sentenced to Death by Hanging,” Alhaji Bello Isa wrote: “There is thing much achy than for idiosyncratic to suffer a lad successful the mode I mislaid my son, Bilyaminu. However, what gives maine immoderate measurement of comfortableness is that helium near down 2 beauteous children, my granddaughter, Sa’adatu Bilyaminu, and my grandson, Bilyaminu Bilyaminu, named aft his father.
“I person forgiven Maryam who was recovered blameworthy of sidesplitting my son. Before the extremity of the trial, I made each effort to fto some the Police and the Court cognize that I did not privation her prosecuted, due to the fact that I did not privation a concern wherever my grandchildren, who had mislaid their begetter truthful tragically, would besides suffer their mother.”
“I person taken it arsenic the volition of Almighty Allah, what happened to my son, and I bash not blasted Maryam for it. However, present that she has been sentenced to death, I beg successful the sanction of Almighty Allah for mercy. If she is killed, who volition instrumentality attraction of her 2 children? They volition turn up arsenic orphans, without a begetter oregon a mother’s love.”
The grieving begetter emphasised that since the 2020 judgement, the children had lone been capable to spot and enslaved with their parent during occasional visits to the Suleja Correctional Facility, a concern helium described arsenic “heartbreaking for guiltless children.”
Responding to reports that immoderate household members objected to his forgiveness and petition for clemency, Alhaji Bello Isa said helium understood that radical would clasp antithetic opinions connected specified a delicate matter, but arsenic some a begetter and a Muslim, helium believed this was the champion people of enactment for bid and humanity.
“Vengeance cannot bring backmost my son,” helium said quietly. “But forgiveness tin bring bid to my family, to her family, and to the children who indispensable not endure immoderate longer.”
“To my end, arsenic I’ve told you people, I’m cordially with the household and I don’t person immoderate grudges with immoderate 1 of the family. Me, arsenic the biologic begetter of the precocious Bilyaminu, I don’t person immoderate occupation with the family. I don’t person immoderate occupation with the family, neither anybody extracurricular the family. And to me, I emotion this. As I told you earlier, since 2019-2020, up to date, we person a precise cordial narration with the full family,” Bello stated.
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