Controversy trails Nigerian Law School’s decision to deny hijabi call-to-bar

A Muslim lady has been denied from being called to bar for wearing hijab to the ceremony, leading to several reactions by Muslim faithfuls who insist it’s an infringement on her right to religion.

According to her sister Ruqayah, the affected student graduated with ‘a 2:1 grade from theUniversity of Ilorin, graduated with 2.1, she performed excellently well in Law School but was denied being call to bar because she wore an hijab under her wig.’

However, according to the rules of the law school; any religious apparel is deemed illegal to be worn with the lawyer’s gown and wig.

Controversy has continued to trail the decision of her denial.

See social media comments concerning the issue below:

Good morning everyone, I want to use this medium to express my dissatisfaction with the way muslims are treated in this my profession called ‘LAW’. A sister wasn’t called to the bar because she was dressed like that (Picture above) please for God sake what is wrong with that picture? Because she was putting on a small hijab tucked into her collarette, WHY? What has Hijab done to them? Where is our freedom of Religion as stated in the constitution? We need justice…For those that don’t know, Hijab is a MANDATORY part of my religion not just a piece of clothing, so if my freedom of religion is said to have been guaranteed in section 38 of the constitution of my country that is said to be supreme and have have binding force over all as seen in section 1 of this same constitution and Section 42 of this same constitution guarantees my right to freedom from discrimination, please for God sake what is this then and before you come here attack me, please read section 38 (1) and section 1 (1) first and also go ahead to read S1 (3) of this same constitution with an unbiased mind where it is said that if any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this constitution this constitution shall prevail…B’iko what are we now talking about? Please we want justice. We want our hijab we want #JusticeForFirdaus We want to wear our hijabs for call to bar we want to wear it in the court room. Stop the discrimination We are muslims not terrorists Hijab is Mandatory We want Justice for Firdaus @instablog9ja @officiallindaikeji @lindaikejiblog @soundsultan @iamvjadams @cyberbugzie @omojuwa @daddyfreeze @channelstelevision @aitnews @muslimsconnectnaija

A post shared by Ruqayah Atinuke RAHMON (@savvy_ruqqy) on Dec 14, 2017 at 12:31am PST

Would they have allowed a Reverend sister wear her veil yesterday? No. Would they have allowed a Yemoja worshipper wear her regalia? No. So why must they give special consideration for a muslim to wear her hijab?

— Tomide (@MrTomide) December 14, 2017

Because she was the CJ doesn’t make her a perfect Muslim. This is not a yardstick to infringe on those who choose to do right thing by wearing the Hijab. https://t.co/apOwBeBCa4

— Abdulrahman Usman Leme (@Abdulrahmanleme) December 14, 2017