Riley Moore, member of the United States house of representatives, has asked the Nigerian government to pardon Sunday Jackson, a man sentenced to death for killing an attacker in self-defence.
Jackson was reportedly cultivating his farm when a suspected herder, armed with a knife, attempted to attack him.
He reportedly overpowered his aggressor in self-defence, resulting in the herder’s death.
In a ruling in 2021, an Adamawa high court sentenced Jackson to death for the killing, ruling that he had the opportunity to escape rather than stab his attacker.
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