Jackson, a farmer from the Dong community in Adamawa State, was working on his farm in the Kodomti community of the Numan Local Government Area when the herdsman allowed his animals into his space to feed on his crops.
Though he received injuries from the knife attack by the herdsman, Jackson fought back and killed the assailant. He was subsequently arrested and arraigned on a murder charge before a state high court, despite the evidence to the contrary. The matter lingered on till February 2021, when he was sentenced to death.
Jackson was sentenced to death after being in prison for seven years. The high court had, in a strange decision, stated that because the farmer confessed to having killed the herdsman, he had to die byRead more
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