"Justice will take its course" - Police confirm arrest of Maryam Sanda over alleged murder of her husband Bilyamin Muhammed Bello

The FCT Police Command have arrested Maryam Sanda over the alleged murder of her husband, Bilyamin Muhammed Bello, said to be son of former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national chairman, Bilyamin Bello.

The command’s spokesman, Anjuguri Manzah, who confirmed the development on Monday in Abuja, said immediately Maitama Police Division received the information about the death, it went to the scene and arrested the suspect.

He explained that the FCT command had since taken over the case from Maitama Division, and that the suspect was in its custody.

Manzah said investigation was ongoing, and that the case would be charged to court and “justice will take its course”

Maryam stabbed Bilyamin three times in the back and severally on his private parts in the early hours of Sunday, at their residence in Pension Estate, Pakali Close, Wuse 2, Abuja.

She drove the deceased to Maitama hospital where he was confirmed dead. The couple got married in 2015 and has an eight-month-old daughter.