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Chris Hondros\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n A Nigerian Christian farmer who was sentenced to death after killing a Fulani radical in self-defense following an attack on his farm has been released from prison after Adamawa state Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri issued a full pardon following pressure from a U.S. congressman.\u00a0<\/p>\n Christian rights advocates and U.S. Rep. Riley M. Moore, R-W.V., are celebrating the release of Sunday Jackson, a student and farmer from the Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, who was sentenced to death in 2021 over a 2015 confrontation on his farm in which he was stabbed with a knife that he then used to kill the attacker, Buba Ardo Bawuro.<\/p>\n \u201cSunday Jackson is free! After more than a decade in prison serving a death sentence for defending himself, Sunday Jackson has been pardoned,\u201d Moore, who has emerged as one of Capitol Hill\u2019s most vocal advocates for Christians in Nigeria, wrote in a statement Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSunday is a Christian farmer who, like countless of other Christians in Nigeria, was brutally attacked by an Islamic radical. Sunday fought back in self-defense, killing his attacker. I have been advocating for Sunday\u2019s release both in public and in private meetings, including during my recent Congressional Delegation visit to Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n BREAKING: Sunday Jackson is FREE! Glory to God! pic.twitter.com\/IU45sIprQp<\/a><\/p>\n