BREAKING: Court Gives Final Verdict On Use Of Hijab In Secondary Schools

• Court Gives Final Verdict On Use Of Hijab In Secondary Schools.

• The court overruled Lagos State on its restriction of the use of head covering (hijab) by female Muslim students of public schools in the State.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday ruled in favour of the use of Hijab by Secondary School Students in Lagos state and by extension all states in the country.

In a split decision of five to two on Friday, a seven-member panel of the Supreme Court affirmed the July 21, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which set aside the October 17, 2014 judgment by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the High Court of Lagos State, which upheld the hiab restriction.

Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, who wrote the lead majority judgment, which was read on Friday by Justice Tijani Abubakar, dismissed the appeal filed by Lagos State against the 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, on the grounds that the appeal was without merit.

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