According to reports, a
son of a retired Supreme Court Justice and former Chief Justice of Nigeria
(CJN), Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais (GCON), 79, has allegedly joined the
notorious Islamic terrorist group fighting in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The sources familiar with the intelligence report presently being reviewed by
intelligence chiefs told Thewill that the man (name withheld) left Nigeria a
few days back for Syria, with his two wives and children to fight alongside
ISIS, which presently controls large territories in Iraq, Syria and Libya.
It was gathered that the intelligence report came from Saudi
Arabia, one of the over 50 countries alongside the United Nations that has
designated ISIS as a terrorist organization.
This is the second time a member of a Nigerian elitist family will be linked to
a foreign terrorist group. The notorious underwear bomber, Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab, a member of al-Qaeda, who is presently serving a life sentence
without parole in the United States, is the youngest son of Katsina born Alhaji
Umaru Mutallab, a very wealthy Nigerian banker and businessman, who had also
served as a federal Minister in the 70s.
Sources said Kaduna born Justice Uwais (GCON), who was CJN from 1995 -2006 and
upon retirement served as Chairman of the committee that reviewed Nigeria’s
electoral laws in 2007, has been told about the development.
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