An Osun State High Court has ruled that Muslim female students in public primary and secondary schools in the state are free to wear hijab in their schools.
Justice Jide Falola, who said this in the judgment he delivered on Friday in a case filed by the Osun State Muslim Community against the state government held that wearing hijab was part of the fundamental rights of Muslims’ female pupils.
The police had deployed heavily armed policemen in the court premises as early as 7am in anticipation that there may be crisis after the judgment, but there was none.
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-Punch
