United States House of Representatives member Riley Moore has called for the pardon of a farmer, Sunday Jackson, who was sentenced to death for killing a Fulani terrorist during a 2015 confrontation in Adamawa State.

Moore appealed to the Nigerian government on Thursday during a US House hearing on President Donald Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.

According to Moore, the conviction was unjust.

“I would urge the Nigerian government to take a look at pardoning Sunday Jackson, who is an individual who was fighting for his own life, defending his life against one of these Fulani militants,” Moore said.

“That Fulani militant lost his life in that struggle, and now that person, Sunday Jackson, is facing the death penalty. Where is the justice in that?” he asked.

Moore also highlighted security concerns in Nigeria, adding, “But somehow, these Fulani militants operating in the Middle Belt region of the country, they’re all armed.

“Why hasn’t there been some type of move or campaign by the Nigerian government to disarm these militants that are operating there where we’re seeing a lot of this killing that is coming from them. They have access to AK-47s and other small arms to slaughter Christians.

“Is this something that you’ve been talking to the Nigerian government about? Because I think it would actually have a serious impact.”

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