MUSLIM students of Kadara Junior Grammar School in Ebute Meta, Lagos state, protested on Thursday the punishment of two of their colleague by their principal.
Mrs. E.C. Ukpaka, the principal of the school allegedly flogged Aisha Alabi because she wore a Hijab, a head scarf worn normally worn female Muslims.
Mafoluku Senior Grammar School principal, Elizabeth Omidele, was accused of harassing Barira by telling her to pull off her hijab outside the school premises.
The protesters, who turned the office of the Lagos State Governor into a praying centre, insisted on seeing Governor Babatunde Fashola before they would end the protest.
Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Religious Matters, Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Kosoko, had earlier assured the protesters that government would attend to the matters judiciously.
“The governor is not around. He is not in the state. If he is around, he would have attended to you on the matters. Our governor is a friendly person and does not want crisis in the state.”
The group’s secretary, Shuaib Okuneye, who spoke on behalf of the protesters, complained that the pupils were deprived of their rights.
He said, “Ironically, these principals have no problems with other female students wearing mini-skirt and mini-gowns as school uniform.”