Supreme Court Rules Against Lagos In Controversial Hijab Tussle
June 17, 2022
10:13 am
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has on Friday overruled Lagos State on its recent restriction which was slammed on the use of hijab by female Muslim students of some of the public schools in the state.
Thr ruling which took a split decision of five to two of a seven-member panel saw the Supreme Court of Nigerian acknowledging the July 21, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which set aside the October 17, 2014 judgment which was ruled by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the High Court of Lagos State, which upheld the hijab restriction.…
