The two-year old legal tussle between some Muslim Students of International School, University of Ibadan and the management of the school will resume on Wednesday, October 21at Court 7, State High Court,Ring Road, Ibadan.
OYOINSIGHT.COM recalls that the use of Hijab by female Muslim students has since November 2018 been generating a lot of controversies which made parents of some Muslim students to jointly sue the school, its principal, University of Ibadan and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the school who also doubled as Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university.
It will be recalled that Oyo State High Court under the leadership of Justice Ladiran Akintola, on 26th June 2019 struck out the first suit filed by the parents on the basis that the petitioners are not supposed to file the case jointly.
However, in July 2019, the parents of the muslim students under the banner of ISI Muslim Parents Forum filed no fewer than eleven (11) fresh court cases against the school, its principal, Mrs. Phebean Olowe, University of Ibadan and UI Vice Chancellor (Academic) over the denial of female Muslim students in the school to use Hijab on top of their uniforms
