Son of Ex-Nigerian Chief Justice Who Joined ISIS Meets His Waterloo in Syria (Photo)

 

Suspected terrorist, Ibrahim Uwais, the son of former Chief Justice, Mohammed Uwais, has reportedly died yesterday near Aleppo, Syria as the United States targeted members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in fierce airstrikes.

 

According to SaharaReporters, the late Ibrahim Uwais, who secretly traveled to Syria in February 2015 to join ISIS, was one of numerous Islamist terrorists who perished as US military aircraft bombarded known ISIS camps near the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.

 

A source disclosed to the publication saying, "Ibrahim died today on the battlefield in Aleppo," adding that one of the two wives of the deceased currently trapped in Syria might notify the family of his death.

 

It was learnt that Ibrahim Uwais left Nigeria in 2015, telling close family members he was headed to Turkey to explore business opportunities. He took along his two wives and five kids. 

 

However, he slipped from Turkey into Syria with his entire family and joined the burgeoning army of volunteer fighters who travel from different parts of the world to enlist with ISIS, a group whose agenda is to carve out an Islamist caliphate.

 

Justice Uwais was Nigeria’s Chief Justice, presiding over the country’s Supreme Court from 1995 to 2006.