That Bilyamin Muhammed Bello, son of a former PDP chairman, Haliru Bello, was allegedly stabbed to the death by his wife, Maryam Sanda, the daughter of embattled former Aso Savings boss, Hajia Maimuna Aliyu is no longer news. What is perhaps news is the twist to the story by Maryam that she acted in self-defence.
According to eye witness report, the attack happened following an allegation of infidelity against Muhammed by Maryam who reportedly saw text message on the deceased’s phone which infuriated her.
She allegedly stabbed her husband three times in the back and severally on his private part at their home in Maitama, Abuja.
Before he was stabbed to death, Maimuna had allegedly inflicted injury on her hubby.
An insider who spoke to National WAVES said Maryam sang a new song while writing her statement at the Maitama Police Station, she stated that she had to defend herself while her husband pummelled her to a hilt.
Another insider known as IG Wala posted an account of what transpired between the late Bilyaminu and Maryam on 18th of November 2017 on his Facebook wall.
At about 9 to 10pm last night, tension started to build between Bilyaminu and his wife, Maryam at his residence. Maryam demanded a divorce with the threat of cutting off his manhood.
Ibrahim Aliero, Bilyaminu’s friend (in whose instance the drama started) intervened 4 times to stop Maryam from stabbing her husband.
Ibrahim called Auta (Maryam’s uncle) and Abba (bilyaminu’s cousin) who had left the house moments before the drama started to come and intervene. After a short calm, Maryam broke a bottle of grandnut and attempted to stab Bilyaminu, again.
This time he held both her hands and struggled to take the bottle from her, injuring himself in the process. Unrelenting and wild, she bit his finger. Uncle Auta had arrived this time to calm the situation.
They both committed to uncle Auta to let go of the grievances (at least for the night) After the situation had become calm, Bilyaminu and his friend went to the Phamacy to get his hand treated from the bite he sustained from Maryam.
They later went to the ATM and made a withdrawal to pay up the balance of a spare part for Maryam’s crashed car. By 11pm, Bilyaminu and Ibrahim had gone back to a calm home. Abba (Bilyaminu’s cousin) joined them in the living room.
They stayed till almost midnight and decided to call it a night. When Bilyaminu was seeing them off, he told Ibrahim that “I don’t want to go back until she’s asleep”.
They called it a day. Abba and Ibrahim left.
The following day, at around 2pm, family members were summoned to Maitama Hospital, where Bilyaminu was laying in a pool of his blood with multiple stabs on his chest, shoulder, a deep cut on his inner thigh, and many bite wounds on his stomach.
Maryam had confessed to stabbing him to the hospital authorities. Maitama Police Station was the next point of call.
At Maitama Station where Maryam was asked to write her statement, story changed. She claimed they got involved in a fight and Bilyaminu sustained injuries from a broken shisha pot.
That she never stabbed or hit him. She was later taken to the FCT command in Garki II for further investigation. The police commissioner instructed that the crime scene should be visited.
To the amazement of Abba (Bilyaminu’s cousin) and Ibrahim (his friend) who are key witnesses in the investigation. Bloodstains had been mopped up, murder weapon disappeared, but flower vases and shisha pot were broken to corroborate Maryam’s earlier statement at the station.
In the midst of this tragedy and confusion, Maryam had the audacity and courage to change her story. More disgusting is her lack of remorse and respect for the victim’s family. Someone who divorced his first wife to be with you doesn’t deserve this”
