Adamawa Governor Fintiri Grants Christmas Pardon to Farmer Sunday Jackson Sentenced to Death for Killing Herder in Self-Defence Case Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has granted a full Christmas pardon to Sunday Jackson, a farmer who was controversially sentenced to death for killing a herder during a violent confrontation on his farmland. Jackson’s conviction, despite widespread claims that he acted in clear self-defence, had sparked national outrage and became a symbol of what critics described as the criminalisation of farmers facing deadly attacks. The farmer was previously transferred to the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abuja, where he remained on death row while human rights advocates and rural communities called for justice. Exercising his constitutional prerogative of mercy, Governor Fintiri approved Jackson’s release following recommendations from the Adamawa State Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy and in recognition of his conduct while in custody. The pardon, granted as part of Christmas and New Year celebrations, has been widely welcomed across Adamawa State, particularly by farming communities who viewed Jackson’s case as a grave miscarriage of justice. While the government avoided reopening the legal details of the case, rights groups insist the decision amounts to an implicit acknowledgment that Jackson should never have faced a death sentence for defending his life and livelihood. #Adamawa #SundayJackson #JusticeAndPardon