Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has granted a pardon to Sunday Jackson, the farmer who was sentenced to death for k!lling a Fulani herder during an attack on his farm.
The pardon was announced on Tuesday in a statement issued by the governor’s chief press secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou.
“Adamawa State Governor, Rt. Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri CON, has granted pardon to Sunday Jackson who was sentenced to d3ath,” the statement read. “The pardon is in commemoration of Christmas and New Year celebrations.”
According to the statement, Jackson, who is currently being held at the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, was pardoned alongside two other inmates. “Jackson who is in Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre has been pardoned alongside Joseph Eugene from the Medium Security Custodial Centre Yola new and Maxwell Ibrahim serving at the Medium Security Custodial Center in Kaduna.”
Jackson’s release comes after sustained international pressure, particularly from the United States government. In November, following the U.S. designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern over allegations of killings of Christians, the case drew renewed global attention.
During that period, President Donald Trump also issued strong warnings over attacks on Christians in Nigeria. U.S. Congressman Riley Moore publicly called for Jackson’s release, condemning his conviction for culpable homicide and death sentence by hanging for k!lling an armed herdsman who allegedly attacked him on his farmland.
Speaking during an interview on Fox News, Moore said, “But there’s a lot of things they can do, and one of the first steps is releasing Sunday Jackson, and another one is working with us to disarm these militants in the middle-belt of the country—the Fulani Islamic radicals that are there.”
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