Nigerians have taken to social media to criticize local pastors for their silence as a foreign pastor, Dr. William Terrence Devlin, leads efforts to save Sunday Jackson, a Nigerian farmer sentenced to death for killing a Fulani herdsman in self-defense.
The case dates back to a 2014 incident in Adamawa State where farmer Sunday Jackson was attacked on his farm in Codonti Forest by Buba Bawuro, a Fulani herdsman who had trespassed with his cattle.
According to Jackson, Bawuro pulled a knife and st@bbed him multiple times during the altercation. In a struggle, Jackson managed to seize the knife and f@tally st@bbed Bawuro in the neck.
Jackson was subsequently arrested and charged with murd£r, despite his consistent assertion that he acted in self-defense.
In 2021, a Yola court sentenced him to de@th by hanging, a decision the Supreme Court has now affirmed.
On Friday, March 7, 2025, the Supreme Court of Nigeria upheld the de@th sentence of Sunday Jackson.
Dr. William Terrence Devlin, an American human rights leader, is advocating for Sunday Jackson to be freed.
This has led Nigerians to slam Nigerian pastors for maintaining silence while a white pastor fights for the life of a Nigerian Christian who is facing de@th for defending himself.
