In 2015, a young Nigerian named Sunday Jackson was attacked by a herdsman on his farm in Adamawa State. Stabbed and bleeding, Jackson managed to disarm his attacker and used the same weapon in self-defense. That instinct to survive, a right protected by our constitution, has now cost him his life.

On March 7, 2025, the Supreme Court of Nigeria upheld a death sentence by hanging against Sunday Jackson. The ruling stated that he should have fled instead of defending himself, even though he was wounded and bleeding.

 

Sunday has now spent 9 years in custody for an act of survival. He was not the aggressor. He did not go looking for a fight. He was attacked. And he lived. That should not be a crime.

 

This ruling has sent shockwaves across the nation. It is not only cruel, it is dangerous.

 

It sends a message that:

 • Being a victim is a crime.

 • Being a survivor is punishable by death.

 • To stay alive, we must strive to be the aggressors, not the attacked.

 

We, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Youth Wing, believe this is a grave miscarriage of justice. The verdict does not only ignore the facts, it challenges the very foundation of fairness in our judicial system.

 

We are calling on:

 • President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

 • The National Council of State

 • The Attorney General of the Federation

 • And all those in authority

 

to grant a Presidential Pardon to Sunday Jackson.

Presidential clemency exists for moments like this, when the law has spoken, but justice demands a higher response.

This is bigger than one man. It is about the kind of nation we are becoming.

We are calling on people of every race, tribe, and conscience to stand with Sunday Jackson. We are calling on everyone who believes that justice must be just, and that mercy must not be forgotten.

Let Sunday live. Let the Presidency act. Let Justice triumph.