Supreme Court okays hijab for Lagos’ public schools

The Supreme Court, on Friday, overruled Lagos State on its restriction of the use of hijab by female Muslim students of public schools in the state.

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

The Lagos State Government had in February 2017 approached the Supreme Court to challenge the July 21, 2016 judgment of the Court of Appeal which reinstated the use of hijab by Muslim pupils in Lagos public primary and secondary schools, after the state government sought to stay the execution of the Appeal Court judgment but failed.

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