Fintiri pardons Adamawa farmer sentenced to death, 2 others

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has granted a pardon to Sunday Jackson, a farmer who was sentenced to death, along with two other inmates.

The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.

Wonosikou said the gesture was part of activities marking the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

He listed those granted pardon to include Sunday Jackson of Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Joseph Eugene of Medium Security Custodial Centre, Yola New, and Maxwell Ibrahim of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kaduna”.

He added that the governor also approved the full remission of the remaining sentences of five other inmates.

The beneficiaries are Joshua James Audo, Adamu Ibrahim, Mohammed Abubakar, Ibrahim Usman, and Saidu Abubakar.

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Jackson was sentenced to death by an Adamawa State High Court in February 2021, despite his insistence that he acted in self-defence during an attack on his farm in Adamawa State.

The Court of Appeal in June 2022 upheld the conviction, dismissing his self-defence claim.

The case sparked widespread public debate across the country on the issues of self-defence and capital punishment.

In January, the Supreme Court affirmed Jackson’s death sentence, upholding the decisions of the lower courts, although the judgement included a dissenting opinion that called for clemency.

The Star