An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, has granted female Muslim students at the University of Ibadan International School, Ibadan the right to wear hijab on top of their school uniforms. The court, presided over by Justice Moshood Ishola, gave the judgment on Wednesday afternoon. The secondary school is owned and controlled by the University of Ibadan, one of the public universities in the country.
reports that the controversy over the usage of hijab by female Muslim students of the University of Ibadan International School, Ibadan, started in November 2018 when the secondary school denied some female Muslim students the right to use hijab on top of their uniforms. The female Muslim students and their parents dragged the school, the University of Ibadan, and some principal officers of the institution to court.