Hijab Controversy Deepens As Protest Turns Violent In Kwara

A number of persons sustained various degrees of injuries on Thursday morning, as a protest over the use of Hijab thickened in Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara.

According to report, the Muslims who are pupils of the school staged the protest to demand their right to use Hijab on uniform but the Kwara State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) shun them, saying NO TO HIJAB in ‘their school.’

The protesters said the school hired thugs and security agents to disperse them violently. In the process, one person reportedly feared dead, several others injured.

This triggered an angry reaction from the Muslim protesting parents as they looked around for various weapons to defend themselves, but the police swiftly dispatched them.

The police fired warning shots into the air and also use teargas to dispatch the protesters in order to control the situation as unidentified persons from inside the Oyun Baptist High School, were seen throwing missiles at those outside the premises.

Normalcy was however restored by a combined team of police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Confirming the development, the Public Relations Officer of the Kwara Police Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said security personnel had been deployed to the scene to restore peace.

Okasanmi told NAN that normalcy has returned to the school and that security operatives would remain there until the area was safe for the residents.

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