The Supreme Court has overturned Lagos State’s ban on female Muslim students attending public schools in the state wearing head coverings (hijab).
A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court affirmed the July 21, 2016 judgement of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which set aside the October 17, 2014 judgement of Justice Grace Onyeabo of the High Court of Lagos State, which upheld the hiab restriction, in a split decision of five to two on Friday.
The appeal filed by Lagos State against the 2016 judgement of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, was dismissed on the grounds that the appeal was without merit, according to Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, who wrote the lead majority judgement, which was read on Friday by Justice Tijani Abubakar.
