Fast Abstract
- Nigerian Christian farmer Sunday Jackson granted full pardon by Adamawa state Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
- Jackson was sentenced to dying in 2021 for killing an attacker in self-defense.
- The sentencing was upheld by Nigeria’s Supreme Court docket in March, prompting outcry from human rights advocates.
A Nigerian Christian farmer who was sentenced to dying after killing a Fulani radical in self-defense following an assault on his farm has been launched from jail after Adamawa state Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri issued a full pardon following strain from a U.S. congressman.
Christian rights advocates and U.S. Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-W.V., are celebrating the discharge of Sunday Jackson, a scholar and farmer from the Demsa Native Authorities Space of Adamawa State, who was sentenced to dying in 2021 over a 2015 confrontation on his farm through which he was stabbed with a knife that he then used to kill the attacker, Buba Ardo Bawuro.
“Sunday Jackson is free! After greater than a decade in jail serving a dying sentence for defending himself, Sunday Jackson has been pardoned,” Moore, who has emerged as considered one of Capitol Hill’s most vocal advocates for Christians in Nigeria, wrote in an announcement Tuesday.
“Sunday is a Christian farmer who, like numerous of different Christians in Nigeria, was brutally attacked by an Islamic radical. Sunday fought again in self-defense, killing his attacker. I’ve been advocating for Sunday’s launch each in public and in non-public conferences, together with throughout my current Congressional Delegation go to to Nigeria.”
BREAKING: Sunday Jackson is FREE! Glory to God! pic.twitter.com/IU45sIprQp
— Spiricoco Twittter (@SpiricocoNg) December 23, 2025
Fintiri’s chief press secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou, introduced Jackson’s pardon on Tuesday, saying the transfer was carried out “in commemoration of Christmas and New Yr celebrations.”
“Jackson who’s in Kuje Medium Safety Custodial Centre has been pardoned alongside Joseph Eugene from the Medium Safety Custodial Centre Yola new and Maxwell Ibrahim serving on the Medium Safety Custodial Middle in Kaduna,” Wonosikou mentioned in an announcement, in response to Peoples Gazette.
Jackson says he was engaged on his farm in Numan when the deceased herded his animals onto Jackson’s farm. The farmer says Bawuro attacked when he tried to confront him concerning the scenario, however the farmer managed to overpower and kill the person.
In 2021, an Adamawa Excessive Court docket decide dominated that Jackson ought to have fled the scene somewhat than kill the attacker. He was sentenced to dying by hanging, a ruling that was upheld in March by the Supreme Court docket of Nigeria.
Amongst these advocating for Jackson’s launch have been human rights lawyer Emmanuel Ogebe of the US Nigeria Regulation Group and United States-based Pastor William Devlin, volunteer CEO of the nonprofit charities REDEEM! and Widows & Orphans, who travels the world to face in solidarity with persecuted Christians.
“Sunday Jackson our Christian brother in Nigeria has been pardoned,” Devlin wrote on Fb. “Barrister Ogebe & Rev Devlin labored as staff … we Give God all glory/credit score!”
In March, Devlin made headlines when he provided his life in alternate for Jackson’s whereas talking with reporters after the Supreme Court docket upheld his sentencing.
“I see it as obedience to the Scripture,” the pastor instructed The Christian Put up. “Jesus Messiah did it for me. He went to the cross, and I’ve a brand new life due to that. So why would not I do this for another person?”
