THE belated pardon granted to a farmer, Sunday Jackson, by the Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, is a plus for justice and fairness. Jackson was arrested and charged with murder at a state high court under Section 221(a) of the Penal Code Laws of Adamawa State 1997. But the Supreme Court, in a judgement on March 7, 2025, upheld the death sentence passed on Jackson by an Adamawa State High Court. A Justice of the Supreme Court in the panel, Helen Ogunwumiju, nailed it with her dissenting judgment. Assuming the Fulani man had killed Jackson, he would have likely escaped, let alone bagging the death sentence.

Source: Punch January 07, 2026 04:53 UTC