Lagos—The Court of
Appeal sitting in Lagos State will today deliver judgement on whether or not
students in public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State should be
allowed to put on Hijab (Muslims headscarf) with their school uniforms.
In a hearing notice
made available by the court, the judgement would be delivered in Court Two by
nine o’clock. The special panel of the Court of Appeal set up to hear the case
had previously reserved its judgement on Friday, May 27.
During the panel
hearing, the presiding justice, A.B. Gumel, also asked parties involved in the
case to update their defence documents. Other Justices in the five-man panel
set up by President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa are
Justice M. Fasanmi, Justice A. Jauro, Justice J.S. Ikejegh and Justice Jombo
Ofor.
The case is between Asiyat Kareem (Minor) suing through Mr. AbdulKareem
Raji; Mariam Oyeniyi through Mr. Sulaimon Oyeniyi; and Muslim Students’ Society
of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, and Lagos State Government (LASG) and
others, who were the respondents.
Justice Amina Augie earlier affirmed that
granting of right to Muslim students to wear Hijab in Lagos State schools
needed constitutional interpretation.
Source: vanguardngr
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