14/03/2025
Nigerian Man, Jackson Asks Tinubu, Adamawa Gov To Grant Him Clemency After Being Sentenced To Death For Defending Himself Against Herdsman Attack.
March 12, 2025
NEWS
This is also as Jackson, who was just 20 years old and an expectant father at the time, has written to Tinubu asking for clemency also.
Agrowing number of Nigerians are calling on President Bola Tinubu and Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, to grant clemency to Sunday Jackson, a man sentenced to death despite strong claims of self-defence.
This is also as Jackson, who was just 20 years old and an expectant father at the time, has written to Tinubu asking for clemency also.
He had been farming to support his family when he was attacked by a knife-wielding herdsman.
In a desperate struggle, he managed to disarm his assailant, who was fatally wounded in the process.
However, instead of being recognised as a victim defending himself, the legal system turned against him.
For seven years, Jackson remained in pretrial detention, even though evidence showed he had been stabbed in the leg.
When his case finally went to trial, he was sentenced to death, with the court ruling that he should have fled after disarming his attacker.
The Supreme Court upheld this judgment, leaving Jackson facing ex*****on.
Now in his early 30s, Jackson has spent his entire adulthood behind bars. His daughter, born months after his imprisonment, has never met him—and may never get the chance.
Amid growing public outcry, activists, legal experts, and human rights groups are urging the government to reconsider Jackson’s case, emphasising the injustice of executing a man who acted in self-defense.
Meanwhile, Jackson, in a letter address to the Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the Attorney General of Adamawa State, and the Controller of Corrections, Nigeria Correctional Service, Yobe State Command, sought clemency.
In the document obtained by SaharaReporters, he urged the governor to exercise his pre
