The Digest:
US Congressman Riley Moore has called on the Nigerian government to pardon Sunday Jackson, a farmer sentenced to death for killing a Fulani herdsman in what he claims was an act of self-defense. The appeal was made during a U.S. House hearing on Nigeria’s human rights record, highlighting growing foreign scrutiny of Nigeria’s judicial and security situation.
Key Points:
- US Congressman Riley Moore urges a pardon for death row inmate Sunday Jackson.
- Jackson was sentenced for killing a herdsman during a farm invasion in Adamawa.
- He maintains he acted in self-defence after being stabbed multiple times.
- The case dates back to a 2014 altercation in Codonti Forest.
- A Yola court sentenced him to death in 2021.
- Nigeria’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence in March 2025.
- Moore called the verdict unjust during a hearing on Nigeria’s CPC designation.
Sources: Punch, PM News, The Cable
