EKO HOT BLOG reports that what began as a peaceful protest by Muslim students of Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, Kwara State who staged a peaceful protest on Thursday morning in front of the school premises to demand their right to use Hijab on uniform in accordance to the Nigerian constitution and Kwara State circular snowballed into violence.
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It was learnt that the Muslims who are pupils of the school staged the protest to demand their right to use Hijab on uniform but the Kwara State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) shun them, saying NO TO HIJAB in ‘their school.’
It was gathered that four Muslims have been shot during the protest.
The protesters said the school hired thugs and security agents to disperse them violently. In the process, one person reportedly died,t others injured.
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