A lawyer in the case involving Muslim parents and the International School, Ibadan (ISI), Mr Musibau Adetunbi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has cautioned the principal of the school, Mr Yinka Akintunde, against creating a “non-existing unrest” in the school.
Adetunbi stated this while reacting to a section of the 10-page affidavit deposed to by Akintunde in a bid to establish a case for a stay of execution of the reliefs granted by the Oyo State High Court permitting female Muslims students of the school to wear hijab over their school uniform.
According to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, the words used in the section were inflammatory and not representative of the reality at the school.
He noted that it was because there was peace at ISI in spite of the use of the hijab that the principal could leave his office and come to the court that (Wednesday) morning.
He also said that the school was having its examination as of the time the court was sitting and that as someone who goes to ISI every day to drop off his children, he had not seen any justification for the principal’s position.
He therefore urged the court to advise the principal and his team not to “self-create an unrest to justify his claims in the affidavit.”
The case was adjourned till November 12, 2024.
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