Hijab: Court strikes out stay-of-execution application

An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan on Tuesday struck out an application for a stay-of-execution filed by the International School Ibadan (ISI) of the University of Ibadan (UI).

The application on the judgment execution was about the rights of female Muslim students in the secondary school to wear their hijab on the school uniform.

Tuesday’s ruling, therefore, means UI-ISI lost its application for a stay-of-execution regarding the usage of hijab by its female Muslim students for the second time in six months.