Thursday 5 March 2015

ISIS: Son Of Ex-Chief Justice Of Nigeria Joins Terrorist Group


A son of a retired Supreme Court Justice and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais(GCON), has allegedly joined the notorious Islamic terrorist group fighting in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to sources with knowledge of the development.
According to a report by Naij, the son of the 79-year-old Justice Uwais, who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 1995 till 2006, is now an active combatant with Isis.
It was learnt that he left Nigeria for Syria with his immediate family to allegedly enlist and fight alongside the Isis terrorists who presently control large territories in Iraq, Syria and Libya.Justice Uwais, served as the chairman of the committee that reviewed Nigeria’s electoral laws in 2007, that is after his retirement.He has been informed about his son’s decision although it cannot yet be ascertained if the son had been involved with Nigeria’s home-bred Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram.

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