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Hijab controversy: Rivers lawyer vows to appear in court in traditional worshippers’ regalia

Afolabi Hakim by Afolabi Hakim
June 24, 2022
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A Rivers State-based lawyer, Barrister Mathew A. Abakpa has said he would show up at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt next week in his complete Juju attire.

The announcement of his newfound satorial disposition for court proceedings is coming against the backdrop of the recent approval by the Supreme Court to allow female Muslim students to wear hijab in public schools,

Recall that the Supreme Court of Nigeria on June 18, granted the use of hijab by female Muslim students in Lagos State Government-owned schools.

The apex court affirmed the July 21, 2016, judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, which set aside the October 17, 2014, judgment by Justice Grace Onyeabo of the High Court of Lagos State.

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Following the developments, a Lagos State-based lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo stormed the Supreme court in Abuja on Thursday wearing a traditional attire.

He told journalists that his choice of dress was inspired by the Supreme Court ruling, which according to him, allows Nigerians to appear in public places with their traditional wears.

Similarly, Barrister Abakpa, a fiery human rights lawyer, in Port Harcourt said the Supreme Court’s decision should be extended to other religions in the country, stressing that “what is good for the goose is good for the gander also”.

In an interview DAILY POST on Thursday, Abakpa accused the Federal Government of plotting to Islamize Nigeria by making Islam an official religion.

According to him, section 10 of the Nigerian Constitution forbids the government from making such moves.

He said, “I will appear in my full juju attire in the Federal High Court next week. The Supreme Court of Nigeria has held that it is the fundamental right of Nigerians to appear in their religious attire to schools and other public places in Nigeria, irrespective of the dress code prescribed or approved by the authority.

“Nigeria is a secular State. What is good for the goose is good for the gander also.

“It appears that the decision of the Supreme Court is likely to make Islam an official religion contrary to section 10 of the constitution which forbids the government of Nigeria from adopting any religion.

“By the time all religious faithful, including pagans and Christians begin to showcase their religion by appearing in their religious attires in public institutions like courts and schools, even in the military and the police, the government, especially the Supreme Court will then realize that they have erred in their decision to allow hijab in schools, including the Nigerian law school”.

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