The Nigerian Watch has reported that
the son of Former chief justice of Nigeria Muhammadu Uwais has gone to the
Middle East to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) terrorist group.
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.
He was said to have left Nigeria for
Syria few days ago with his two wives and children to allegedly enlist and
fight alongside the Isis terrorists who presently control large territories in
Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Justice Uwais, who after his
retirement served as chairman of the committee that reviewed Nigeria’s
electoral laws in 2007, 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.
The alleged move is seen as a big
coup for the terrorists as it has now become a growing trend among middle class
Muslims from wealthy families across the world who mostly abandons their
legitimate and lucrative careers to join the jihadist in their arm struggle.
It was
reported that European Muslims in their hundreds have left their legitimate
jobs to enlist with the terrorist group in Syria, Iraq and Libya.
The
terrorist group currently wreaking havoc in the Middle East is said to have
started attracting young Nigerians too.
Meanwhile,
this is not the first time a wealthy Nigerian son is being linked to foreign terrorist
activities as it would be recalled that on December 25, 2009, Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab, the youngest son of Katsina’s Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, a rich
Nigerian banker and businessman, who had earlier served as a federal minister
in the 1970s was arrested after a foiled attempt to use underwear bomb to blow
up an aircraft en route from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan on the instructions
of Al-Qaeda terrorist group which he is a member.
He is
currently serving four life sentences and a 50 year jail term without parole in
the United States for his crime.
However, suspected armed men on Tuesday March 3
stormed the official residence of Nigeria’s former Chief Justice, Mohammed
Uwais and held him and his family at gun point.
Recall that
the Federal Government warned on February 26, that Islamic State of Iraq and
al-Sham (ISIS) is radicalising and recruiting Nigerian youths who are
studying abroad.
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