Tribute to my Father in Judiciary: Hon Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais GCON (Jun 12 1936 – Jun 6 2025) – Col Bello Fadile (Rtd)
1. At the ripe age of 89, he left us in this sinful world as Allah SWT willed. We accept the verdict as appeal lied nowhere. To we the immediate families, we pray to Allah SWT to give us the fortitude to carry on.
2. And to the Nigerian judiciary which he dedicated his life to, I urge you all to follow his footsteps, which he captured brilliantly;
” A corrupt judge is more harmful to the society than a man who runs amok with a dagger in a crowded street. The latter can be restrained physically. But a corrupt judge deliberately destroys the moral foundation of society and causes incalculable distress to individuals through abusing his office while still being referred to as HONOURABLE ”
3. As captured in book, Nine Lives: The Bello Fadile Memoirs, I shall forever be grateful to MyLord, the Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais GCON for the risk he took when I was arrested for the alleged fathom coup in 1995.
I detained near his house and i sent at note to him as the then CJN, without hesitation or fear of the military, his life or his job, he acted on my request and reached out Late Honorable Justice Karibi-Whyte and together they raised my detention with the Head of Military Government. And of course, they became my link to the Head of State, going and coming back with messages. What a man with a lion heart!!
On my release in March 1999. My Lord traveled from Abuja to Kaduna to see me. He came with clothes, bundles of sheda, and thousands of cash. That was my Father in the Judiciary for you.
I was able to see him after 10 years in November 2024,
I joined other Nigerian, taking solace and praying for Allah SWT to grant his soul Jannatul Firdaus Amen.
Col Bello Fadile
Jun 7 2025
