Witness: How ex-PDP chairman’s son was murdered by wife

One Habib Gajam, a resident of Abuja, has spoken on the alleged murder of Bilyamin, son of Haliru Mohammed Bello, a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Maryam Sanda, wife of the deceased was reported to have killed him at their Maitama residence in Abuja over allegations of infidelity.

Commenting on the incident, Gajam, who said he witnessed the incident, explained that trouble started on Saturday night.

Recounting what transpired on Twitter, Gajam said Sanda had demanded a divorce.

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.

— Gidado (@Habibgajam) November 19, 2017

He said Ibrahim Aliero, Bilyaminu’s friend, subsequently “intervened four times to stop Maryam from stabbing her husband”.

When he could not make much headway, their relatives were invited to intervene in the situation after which peace was restored, albeit temporarily.

“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,” he wrote.

“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 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.”

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.

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— Gidado (@Habibgajam) November 19, 2017

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.

— Gidado (@Habibgajam) November 19, 2017

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He added that the next heard of Bilyamin and Sanda was around 2am when “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,” he wrote, adding: “Maitama Police station was the next point of call.

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.

— Gidado (@Habibgajam) November 19, 2017

“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.

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.

— Gidado (@Habibgajam) November 19, 2017

“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.”

TheCable could not independently verify Gajam’s claims.

Anjuri Manza, spokesman of FCT police command, had told TheCable on Sunday that the police had commenced investigation into the matter.