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Former
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais (Photo: TheCable)
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There
were indications on Thursday that security agencies had begun investigations to
get identities of Nigerians, who might joined the militant, Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria. The action of security agencies is thought to be as a result of
the media reports that a son of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice
Mohammed Uwais, had allegedly joined the militant group.
The
Punch reports:
A
top security source, in confidence, said, “Besides Uwais’ son, we are trailing
more Nigerians, who recently travelled to the Middle East. I cannot give you
details for now. What I can say is that the militant group is recruiting
Nigerians.”
The
Department of State Services, it was gathered, had declared a manhunt for the
son of Uwais.
He
was said to have obtained a Turkish visa in Abuja and travelled to Syria
through Turkey to allegedly link up with the Islamic militants who are waging a
murderous war in Iraq and part of Syria.
Security
sources said the DSS leadership had briefed the state directorates of the
agency and the field operatives to be on the look-out for the suspect and other
Nigerians that may want to head for Syria to join ISIS terrorists.
The
source explained that all DSS personnel had been briefed about the adventure of
the junior Uwais, who allegedly travelled to Turkey without telling his parents
and other relatives.
“DSS
operatives have been directed to be on the look-out for the suspect because it
has not been established whether the man and his family are in Syria or not,
but security agencies are not relenting in their efforts to ascertain the
location of the suspect and everything is being done to prevent others from
joining the militants,” he stated.
An
online medium, TheCable, had on Thursday reported that the son of the former
CJN allegedly gave his parents and everyone around him the impression that he
hated Boko Haram because of the “damage” they are doing to Islam.
The
Cable stated that details of his arrival in Turkey were made available, while
images of CCTV recordings were also said to have been analysed by the Turkish
security agencies to establish their movement.
When
contacted, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, did not answer a call put to
his mobile telephone line by one of our correspondents at about 3.46pm on
Thursday but later replied in a text message that he was at a meeting.
Upon
a further text message enquiry by one of our correspondents, a wife of the
former CJN sent a reply, requesting that the family’s privacy should be
respected.
The
wife said, “I am his (the CJN’s) wife and ask that you respect our family’s
privacy at this period in our lives. Thank you in appreciation of your
understanding as a parent, sibling or child yourself.”
When
contacted, the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, directed all
inquiries on ISIS investigation to the DSS and the National Intelligence
Agency.
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