A member of the family of Bilyamin Bello, the slain nephew of a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has narrated how his wife, Maryam Sanda, stabbed him to death while he was observing his Isha’i prayer.
According to reports, Maryam became wild on Saturday night after seeing a suspicious text message in his phone, denoting that he was having extra-marital affairs.
But the family member, who pleaded anonymity, told DAILY NIGERIAN that late Bilyamin thought the issue had died down when her uncle intervened and consoled her.
According to him, Maryam picked a sharp knife in the kitchen and waited until he began praying.
“When she stabbed him on the back, chest and groin, he collapsed and began pleading for mercy. She let him lay there in the pool of his blood, pleading with her to save his life.
“He was heard saying ‘Maryam ki taimake ni… Maryam ki taimake ni…’ (Help me, Maryam… Help me, Maryam…) until he couldn’t speak anymore.
“Maryam could only gleefully reply that ‘nemesis had caught up with you’ and allowed him to bleed to death on the spot.
“About an hour or so when she realized he was unconscious, she sought the assistance of neighbours to help her put him in the car for hospital.
“The first hospital refused to entertain the case without police report, while the second hospital called police after she confessed to stabbing him,” said the source.
How it all began
A family friend, Habib Gaiam, narrated how it all started in a viral post.
Today I witnessed the most wicked and shameful display of arrogance in Bilyaminu’s death case.
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 presence the drama started) intervened four 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 groundnut and attempted to stab Bilyaminu, again, but 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 pharmacy 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. At around 2pm Sunday afternoon, family members were summoned to Maitama Hospital, where Bilyaminu was lying 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, the 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 1st his wife to to be with you doesn’t deserve this. #JusticeForBilyaminu SHALL be served by the Almighty Allah on the day of resurrection.
May Allah grant Bilyaminu Jannah and bless the life of his 8 months old daughter Sa’adatu.
