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Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by Mrtaye: 6:19am On Dec 24, 2025
southsouthking:
Good radiance to Bad rubbish.
Riddance
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by Vifx: 6:21am On Dec 24, 2025
I don't get this...
Why was he sentenced to death if it was self defense in the first place
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by erniok2: 6:23am On Dec 24, 2025
nairalanda1:
It was only fair , otherwise precedent would have been set that one cannot defend themselves at all!
The judgement seemed a bit fair to me. You have immobilized him so why go ahead to kill him.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by OctavianAC(m): 6:25am On Dec 24, 2025
Because of the too pressure from Riley Moore, Donald Trump, the US and the entire world.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by erniok2: 6:26am On Dec 24, 2025
Vifx:
I don't get this...
Why was he sentenced to death if it was self defense in the first place
He disarmed the herdsman and still killed him. The judges ruled that when he disarmed him, he was no longer under threat and as such, it became a murder case
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by nuelyoyo(m): 6:27am On Dec 24, 2025
floss:
Imagine the atrocities that will exist in the world especially third world countries if US doesn’t exist…

US is bad but Nigeria government does to her citizens what US government can’t do to Americans
We know US did well to have intervened in the matter, but many atrocities actually exists in this world be cause the US exists.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by shewun001: 6:30am On Dec 24, 2025
Happy for Mr. Sunday Jackson but it is already too late for the Law in Nigeria...The Supreme Court messed up by upholding the death penalty in this case. It was at that point i realised judgements are not based on the letter of the law. How do these Judges sleep at night?
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by starpower(m): 6:36am On Dec 24, 2025
erniok2:
The judgement seemed a bit fair to me. You have immobilized him so why go ahead to kill him.
it what determines when one is immobilized that is baffling me, in a place where him escaping is his death sentence. Terrorists getting lighter sentence, our law making Legislators needs more activities and president no see that one give pardon 😉.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by WYZAD(m): 6:39am On Dec 24, 2025
How come that of recent we haven't been hearing about herdsmen attack, kidnapping and terror attacks/bandits?
This Teump has a way of resetting d brains that are dead.
God bless and keep America.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by GiftofGod77(m): 6:41am On Dec 24, 2025
This is welcome but did it have to take the threat by President Donald Trump before the man at the center of the controversy to be released? Remember part of the demands of the American legislators on perceived Christian genocide was that the man accused of liking the herdsman must be released. So this is finally to confirm that their request has been met because to be honest I still don't have the details as to why the supreme Court would still uphold the death sentence on a man who killed a herdsman who trespassed his farm with his cows and even wanted to violently attract the herdsman but the man ended up liking the herdsman. After a struggle. It is also a good strategy that other inmates were released at the same time to make it look like it was a general amnesty. Let's hope this will bring some healing and correct some perceptions that there is some kind of Muslim entrenched jihadist attempts to kill Christians via the instrument of the government
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by Bimow: 6:42am On Dec 24, 2025
Governor Fitiri, you ve done WELL
All glory be to God,
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by 2tpick: 6:46am On Dec 24, 2025
i remember when this news first broke out, the supporters of corruption said it was fake news. may Nigeria happen to them, amen.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by OneCandleAway(f): 6:47am On Dec 24, 2025
floss:
Imagine the atrocities that will exist in the world especially third world countries if US doesn’t exist…

US is bad but Nigeria government does to her citizens what US government can’t do to Americans
The thing is these countries take from others to grow their country. But African leaders take from Africa to grow countries outside africa
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by stuffs2002: 6:51am On Dec 24, 2025
nairalanda1:
It was only fair , otherwise precedent would have been set that one cannot defend themselves at all!
crossfm:
Long overdue.

He has the right to self-defense and has no business staying locked up for more than few days after investigations.

The judge that passed that initial sentence should be ashamed of his self.
anonimi:
In Tinubu’s Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen are sacred cows, which is why insecurity has become worse under his clueless leadership that makes Buhari suddenly seem like a super smart guy.
tollyboy5:
They're simply telling us there is no self defence.
If you die you die. Nonsense!
favour32:
The court that sentenced him should be ashamed of itself.
Having influenced by religion.
dederocs:
That judge that sentenced this man needs to be probed. Self defence is a universal law and right.

The senate and house of representatives, instead of being stooges, should amend the constitution, and ensure self defence is recognised, punishing a citizen for defending himself against a territorists is working for the territorists and encouraging terrorists.
PheelzAlmighty:
Nothing una wan tell me ...


Something is fundamentally wrong with Nigeria. The APC has ruined this country
BeardGangJnr1:
Thank God for US intervention.
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Nigeria is for fooolani herdsmen....they do and undo...and nothing do them.
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If not, the judge should have praised Jackson sefff.... for helping to reduce the number of these menace in our society
PheelzAlmighty:
This country is definitely everything it shouldn't be.


Even the devil is shocked
ARISHEM:
That judge that sentenced him should be identified and put on watchlist
Kukutente23:
Good
Shame on the courts
Kudos to international civil societies and the Almighty US, the nightmare of terrorists
Fintiri just set a bad precedent by setting a convicted murderer free because the case was a clear case of murder.

Jackson was attacked by a Fulani man with a knife but he was able to gain the knife and even immobilized his attacker which meant Jackson had the upper hand. At that point in time Jackson was no longer in danger and had no reason to kill the Fulani man but he still went ahead to slit his throat and that was the bases for his trial and eventual conviction for murder which was a fair conviction.

Those who do not know how the law works are the the ones talking nonsense.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by yemmywesey(m): 6:54am On Dec 24, 2025
Thank you president Donald Trump (MAGA) you are the Jesus Christ of our time.
Please sir , keep pressing our leaders neck and keep suffocating them, starting from the caliphate, help us to investigate the caliphate agenda very well sir.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by OneCandleAway(f): 6:54am On Dec 24, 2025
oluxy:
Thank you to the USA senator and the US government who waged in and mentioned it during their senate seat during the debate about Nigeria Christian and how there are killed...

The committee sited example of this same case and how FG did nothing.

Thank God, the US, I believed gave that as a condition as well to FG.
The funny thing is if the herdsmen had succeeded in killing the man and was caught, he would have been set free after so called 2 weeks rehabilitation
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by Arda1000(m): 6:54am On Dec 24, 2025
Vifx:
I don't get this...
Why was he sentenced to death if it was self defense in the first place
because he was a Christian
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by stuffs2002: 6:58am On Dec 24, 2025
Vifx:
I don't get this...
Why was he sentenced to death if it was self defense in the first place

Jackson is a murderer

Jackson defended himself initially and was able to gain the knife from the Fulani man and even immobilized the Fulani man but Jackson proceeded to slit the throat of the Fulani man and that point it became a murder case because Jackson was no longer in danger when he killed the Fulani man.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by stuffs2002: 7:00am On Dec 24, 2025
Arda1000:
because he was a Christian
He was convicted because he is a murderer
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by dederocs(m):
stuffs2002:
Stuffs2002 if you like try your own attack, you go see yourself in hell. Attacking someone with a knife shows you want to kill him, killing someone to save your life is self defence. Terrorist advocate.

You are just supporting the fulani killers because you are their brother...in law, intent is everything, the intention of that fulani terrorist was to kill the man, as evidenced by the knife attack.






















Fintiri just set a bad precedent by setting a convicted murderer free because the case was a clear case of murder.

Jackson was attacked by a Fulani man with a knife but he was able to gain the knife and even immobilized his attacker which meant Jackson had the upper hand. At that point in time Jackson was no longer in danger and had no reason to kill the Fulani man but he still went ahead to slit his throat and that was the bases for his trial and eventual conviction for murder which was a fair conviction.

Those who do not know how the law works are the the ones talking nonsense.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by CaptainFM1: 7:19am On Dec 24, 2025
nairalanda1:
It was only fair , otherwise precedent would have been set that one cannot defend themselves at all!
Court already set the precedent. Prerogative of mercy can only be given by the governor/ president.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by Pierocash(m): 7:20am On Dec 24, 2025
tollyboy5:
They're simply telling us there is no self defence.
If you die you die. Nonsense!
that is not what the supreme Court said. They said the way the herder was killed is not self defence, and doesn't look like self defence. They concluded that as of the time the herder was overpowered and stab the first time, and he fell, Mr Jackson had the opportunity to have escaped from the scene even after incapacitating the herdsman, that would have been termed self defence . But he continued stabbing him multiple times until he died is not self defence but pre-meditated murder.

Though the death sentence was too harsh, it could have been commuted to short prison term
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by erniok2: 7:21am On Dec 24, 2025
starpower:
it what determines when one is immobilized that is baffling me, in a place where him escaping is his death sentence. Terrorists getting lighter sentence, our law making Legislators needs more activities and president no see that one give pardon 😉.
I'll paint a scenario. If the police asks an armed man to freeze and drop his weapon, it could create 2 scenarios:

1. The armed man drops his weapon and.is no longer a threat to the officer who would handcuff him.

2. The armed man attempts to shoot the officer and is gunned down. He was a present threat to the officer.

The law was saying scenario 1 played out and going ahead to kill the herdman was murder.

PS: This is using US as case study and in no way involves naija police.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by erniok2: 7:26am On Dec 24, 2025
yemmywesey:
Thank you president Donald Trump (MAGA) you are the Jesus Christ of our time.
Please sir , keep pressing our leaders neck and keep suffocating them, starting from the caliphate, help us to investigate the caliphate agenda very well sir.
So Trump died or will die for your sin? Sometimes refrain from useless shaleye.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by sweetkev(m): 7:26am On Dec 24, 2025
shewun001:
Happy for Mr. Sunday Jackson but it is already too late for the Law in Nigeria...The Supreme Court messed up by upholding the death penalty in this case. It was at that point i realised judgements are not based on the letter of the law. How do these Judges sleep at night?
It baffles me my brother. Our judicial system are too corrupt. I have lost hope in Nigeria for a very long time. cry
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by TokoEkambi: 7:28am On Dec 24, 2025
anonimi:
In Tinubu’s Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen are sacred cows, which is why insecurity has become worse under his clueless leadership that makes Buhari suddenly seem like a super smart guy.
They are literally sacred cows, actually.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by parags(m): 7:30am On Dec 24, 2025
LeeSmart:
It was under U.S pressure, thank God to those persons who brought his case to the public..... it was funny how even the Nigerian supreme Court was an accomplice to this n*nsense.
No. Our laws need to be ammended . The Supreme Court interpreted it as it is . The young man made a mistake of putting it in his statement that he collected the knife then proceeded to stab him. The law says at that point he had the advantage and when he stabbed the guy he committed murder .

Now the lesson here is if you are ever in that situation, just say during the struggle you really don't know how the attacker got stabbed. Never admit to any decisive action because it might be used against you .
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by stuffs2002: 7:31am On Dec 24, 2025
dederocs:
stuffs2002 if you like try your own attack, you go see yourself in hell. Attacking someone with a knife shows you want to kill him, killing someone to save your life is self defence. Terrorist advocate.

You are just supporting the fulani killers because you are their brother...in law, intent is everything, the intention of that fulani terrorist was to kill the man, as evidenced by the knife attack.
Stop being emotional. Law is not emotional
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by stuffs2002: 7:32am On Dec 24, 2025
parags:
No. Our laws need to be ammended . The Supreme Court interpreted it as it is . The young man made a mistake of sputting it in his statement that he collected the knife then proceeded to stab him. The law says at that point he had the advantage and when he stabbed the guy he committed murder .

Now the lesson here is if you are ever in that situation, just say during the struggle you really don't know how the attacker died. Never admit to any decisive action .
There is nothing wrong with our laws and there are contless cases all over the world where such satiations have happened.
You are basically teaching murderers how to escape being convicted after committing a murder.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by Raph82(m): 7:33am On Dec 24, 2025
erniok2:
The judgement seemed a bit fair to me. You have immobilized him so why go ahead to kill him.
This is the most idiotic post of the year. If such a man is left to live, only God knows how many innocent citizens he would kill in one year. A leopard can not change its skin. Why does the government wage war against terrorism and keep decimating them?
Why does the government now proclaim banditry, herdsmen attack and kidnapping an act of terrorism?
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by sweetkev(m): 7:34am On Dec 24, 2025
stuffs2002:

Jackson is a murderer

Jackson defended himself initially and was able to gain the knife from the Fulani man and even immobilized the Fulani man but Jackson proceeded to slit the throat of the Fulani man and that point it became a murder case because Jackson was no longer in danger when he killed the Fulani man.
If it was a one on one fight and there was no one to defend Jackson after he over powered him, Jackson life is still under threat so far the Fulani herdsman is still breathing. A Fulani herdsman can kill with barehands. Fulanis are very brutal and merciless.
Re: Fintiri Pardons Man Sentenced To Death For ‘Killing Herdsman In Self-Defence’ by stuffs2002: 7:36am On Dec 24, 2025
Raph82:
This is the most idiotic post of the year. If such a man is left to live, only God knows how many innocent citizens he would kill in one year. A leopard can not change its skin. Why does the government wage war against terrorism and keep decimating them?
Why does the government now proclaim banditry, herdsmen attack and kidnapping an act of terrorism?
Stop attacking his post because he was 100% correct.

Jackson committed murder when he slit the throat of the defenceless attacker because he had already gain the knife, immobilized the Fulani man and had the advantage but he still proceeded to slit the throat of the Fulani man in cold blood.



Even the US will convict you for murder if the situation had happened in the US because you cant kill an attacker once he is no longer a threat to you
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