In a controversial legal ruling, Nigerian farmer Sunday Jackson has been sentenced to ‘death by hanging for killing’ a Fulani herdsman in self-defense.
The incident, which occurred on February 11, 2021, in Adamawa State, involved a violent altercation between Jackson and the herdsman, who allegedly attacked him with a machete. Despite Jackson’s claim that he acted purely in self-defense, the Supreme Court of Nigeria on March 7, 2025, upheld a lower court’s verdict, ruling that he should have fled instead of retaliating after disarming his attacker.
According to reports, Sunday Jackson, a farmer from Adamawa State, was working on his farm when a Fulani herdsman attacked him with a machete, intending to, Tap here to see the full write-up — every detail you need is just one cllck away.
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