THE umbrella
body of all Muslim organisations in Kwara State, the Council of Muslim
Organisations, CMO, has demanded that Firdaus Amasa, who was denie
d induction
by the Nigerian Law School, be called to bar immediately.
CMO, which
commended Amasa’s resoluteness and courage in the drama to defend the sanctity
of Hijab in the face of intimidation and molestation, Tuesday, described her as
a heroine of Hijab and symbol of sacrifice.
The group, therefore, described as
illegal the decision of the Nigerian Law School to bar the law graduate from
being inducted because she was wearing Hijab.
Amasa, a law graduate of the
University of Ilorin, and an indigene of Kwara State, was not called to Bar for
her insistence on wearing veil (Hijab), during induction on December 13, 2017,
in Abuja.
Addressing a news conference in Ilorin, CMO’s Coordinator and former
Grand Khadi of Kwara State, Justice Idris Haroon, said the lady was denied
induction on account of her resoluteness to exercise her religious rights as
enshrined in the 1999 Constitution.
The apex Muslim organisation said the
provision to wear Hijab must be inserted in the Code of Conduct book of the
Nigerian Law School, the Nigerian Defence Academy, all para-military formations
and other national agencies. On the New Year’s eve mayhem in Ilorin,the group
praised the state governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and the Emir of Ilorin,
Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, for their quick intervention.
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