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ISI Hijab Crisis: Court Allows Traditionalists, Others To Join Suit

..urge parties to consider amicable resolution

JUSTICE Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court sitting at Ringroad, Ibadan on Friday granted leave to two other parties to join the suit filed by 14 students of the International School Ibadan (ISI) on behalf of the ISI Muslim Parents Forum to contest the restriction of use of hijab on uniforms within the school after the claimant indicated they had no objection to the application.

The 14 pupils (all minors) filed the suit against the University of Ibadan, ISI, Mrs Phebean Olowe, the ISI principal and Professor Abideen Adeyinka Aderinto, the chairman board of governors of the ISI to ask for court orders for the enforcement of their fundamental rights to freedom of thought, conscience and religion and freedom from discrimination, right to dignity of human persons and right to education.

The parties allowed to join the suit as co-respondents are Tunde Olutayo Aro, on behalf of his daughter, Iteoluwakishi Aro, the 2017/2018 social perfect of the school and Babalawo Awosanmi Abe for his children Fatunmishe Abe and Fawoke Abe on behalf of members of traditionalist parents forum of ISI.

Babalawo Abe in his applying joins the suit stated that his children who are traditionalists and Ifa worshippers were stopped from freely practising their religion by preventing them from entering the school premises for adorning traditional beads, a sign of their faith because it was not part of the prescribed school uniform.

The purpose of joining the suit according to him is to seek redress and enforce the alienable rights of association and allow traditionalists represent their religious beliefs through adornment in the school which is the same rights being sought to be enforced by the Muslim Parents forum.

Also, two other parties indicated their interest to join the suit; the secular parents’ forum and the body of Alumni. The two bodies informed the court that they will file the necessary processes before the next sitting on the matter.

Before adjourning the matter for the other parties to file their papers, Justice Akintola urged the parties not to heat up the polity unnecessarily and explore options of an amicable settlement.

“We are all Nigerians, we met this nation peaceful and we must ensure that it remains so. We owe the nation that duty. We should all not unnecessarily heat up the polity. I am talking to all the parties.

“I believe an amicable resolution is best. Don’t let us further divide ourselves. Don’t overheat the polity. I want parties to sleep over this, meet and resolve the issue,” Justice Akintola stated.

The case was adjourned till February 20, 2019, for mention with an order that all interested parties file the necessary documents before the date.

https://thenigerialawyer.com/isi-hijab-crisis-court-allows-traditionalists-others-to-join-suit/

They want to damage Buhari from inside just like they did to Jonathan. If you know, you know.

See what Buhari don cause now!

It is even better he decamped openly. In 2015, some remained in PDP to work against Jonathan from within. I doubt if the PDP national chairman then worked for Jonathan.

Are we sure they are not going in to cause more collateral damage from within? Keep your friends close but keep your enemy closer. It is sweeter to shoot from the camp of your enemy.

Àgbò méjì kò lè mu omi nínú 'kòtò kan. (Two rams can't drink from the same pot). To prevent other parties from hiring thugs, APC probably hired all the factions to work for them to have full operation like they did in Ọ̀ṣun state.

You can't bring two factions together to support the same candidate and party, it can't work. Leave one for PDP and others.

Leave a naira on the table with Buhari in the room. You will find the naira on the table when you return. - Tinubu.

The statement remind me of that servant that was given one talent and buried it in the Bible instead of investing it in a productive venture.

Now you can see why we are where we are. Nemo Dat qua non abet. Buhari can not give what he does not have.

Buhari can never change, those hoping for a better him if he wins a second term will be greatly disappointed.

Where is the money? Our 2018 budget was 8.6 Trillion, we made 5.3 only from FIRS excluding proceed from oil and other incomes like ports etc. Why then do we borrowed more?

#letsgetnigeriaworkingagain.
No more nepostic and clueless government again.
We can't reinforce failure...

If na Boko Haram now, then go tear race and be shouting "no weapons, we also have families."
Lazy Nigerian soldiers....

Misplaced priority! Dino will not be released until after the election. The case may get messier, I just hope the policeman that was allegedly shot by Dino will not be used as collateral damage to complicate Dino's case.
I just don't want to hear that the policeman finally died.

The funniest part is that INEC and the ruling party are shameless.
Even if they must rig, must they be so bold to rob it on our faces.
The world has gone digital, they should learn to rig intelligently.

Anybody asking Amina Zakari to remain does not understand the role of INEC. INEC must not only be neutral but must be seen to be neutral. Unless there is another things to it, there is going to be conflict of interest, the lady for honor, should step aside.

Buhari and Aisha too could not visit USA until Buhari was elected the President of Nigeria. Diplomatic immunity will cover him when he is sworn in as the President of Nigeria this year.

nairalee:
Even though I'm anti APC but truth must be told

In law It's the responsibility of the accuser to provide evidence not the accused.

However the office of the presidency being a sensitive office needs to dispel rumors as early as possible before it gets out of hands like the Jibrin conspiracy.

"Wisdom is profitable to direct" My favorite Bible quote

Which evidence has APC provided on all the people they accused of stealing? None! Even none on the Dasuki the celebrated ATM.

Seriously? Now I believe the story is true.

NB
It is like we have more BMC recruited into Nairalander lately, haven't anyone noticed how they hurriedly take over front pages on all anti PDP and pro APC posts?

How do you expect the army who are reluctant to act against herdsmen to act against Boko Haram? Have you seen any APC leaders or their appointees condemn herdsmen and now Boko Haram?

They are observing the body language of the C-in-C and are careful not to offend him. Remember, they once threatened to report Ihejirika to ICC and accused Jonathan of killing Boko Haram to reduce the population of the North.

The truth is that the army is consciously not attacking Boko Haram same way they look away on the atrocities of the herdsmen.

Do they care? How can someone who does not care for the living respects the dead?

APC and propaganda are like bread and butter. They blend easily but for Joe Igbokwe, he is learning to take over from Lai the lainus himself.

Hope their crowd too are not coming from Cameron?

The best way to keep your property safe in the house is to give it to the thief to keep for you.

If you know, you know but remember, still the same soldiers, President don't carry guns.

TroubleMaker47:
But is this trend really legal?
Suspending legitimately elected council chairmen cuz there are non party members!
I think supreme court needs to speak on this, once n for all!

GOVERNORS CANNOT SACK LOCAL GOVT COUNCILS!
-Supreme Court

THE Supreme Court has voided laws enacted by the states’ Houses of Assembly which allow governors to sack elected Chairmen of Local Governments and Councillors and replace them appointed administrators.

It has of recent become a tradition among governors to dissolve the Executive Councils of the states’ LGs and replace them with their appointees, who they call caretaker committees. In a unanimous judgement of five Justices of the Supreme Court described the practice as “executive recklessness”, which must not be allowed to persist.

The judgment by the five-man panel, led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour was on the appeal in relation to the dissolution of the 16 Local Government Executives in Ekiti State, during Kayode Fayemi’s tenure.

The appeal marked:SC/120/2013 was filed by the Ekiti State Government. It had Prince Sanmi Olubunmo (Chairman of Ido Osi LG and Chairman of Association of Local Government’s of Nigeria – ALGON, Ekiti Chapter and 13 others as respondents. Fayemi, now Minister of Mineral Resources reportedly announced the dissolution of the councils in a radio announcement on October 29, 2010, when the elected council officials still had up till December 19, 2011 to end their three-year tenure.

The Supreme Court, in faulting the law purportedly relied on by Fayemi, held that Section 23(b) of the Ekiti State Local Government Administration (Amendment) Law, 2001, which empowered the governor to dissolve local government councils, whose tenure was yet to expire, violated section 7(1) of the Constitution from which the state House of Assembly derived the power to enact the local government law. Justice Centus Nweze, in the lead judgment, said: “There can be no doubt, as argued by the appellants’ counsel, that the Ekiti State House of Assembly is empowered to make laws of Ekiti State.

“However, the snag here is that, in enacting section 23(b) of the Ekiti State Local Government Administration (Amendment) Law, 2001, which empowered the first appellant to bridge the tenure of office of the respondents, it overreached itself. “In other words, section 23(b) (supra) is violative of, and in conflict with section 7(1) of the Constitution (supra). “Hence, it is bound to suffer the fate of ll laws which are in conflict with the Constitution, section 1(3) thereof.”

The judge Said Section 7(1) of the Constitution seeks to guarantee “the system of local government by democratically-elected local government councils and conferred “sacrosanctity on the elections of such officials whose electoral mandates derived from the will of the people freely exercised through the democratic process”.

“The implication, therefore, is that section 23(b) of thethe Ekiti State Local Government Administration (Amendment) Law, 2001, which was not intended to ‘ensure the existence of’ such democratically-elected councils, but to snap their continued existence by their substitution with caretaker councils, was enacted in clear breach of the supreme provisions of section 7(1) of the Constitution.

“To that extent, it (section 23(b) supra) cannot co-habit with section 7(1) of the Constitution (supra) and must, in consequence, be invalidated. “The reason is simple. By his oath of office, the governor swore to protect and not to supplant the Constitution.

“Hence, any action of his which has the capacity of undermining the same Constitution (as in the instant case where the first appellant, ‘Governor of Ekiti State and others’ dissolved the tenure of the respondents and replaced them with caretaker committees) is tantamount to executive recklessness which would not be condoned,” the judge said. Justice Nweze said the the tenure of the local government councils could not be abridged without violating the supreme constitutional provisions.

“Simply put, therefore, the election of such officials into their offices and their tenure are clothed with constitutional force. They cannot, therefore, be abridged without breaching the Constitution from which they derive their force. “The only permissible exception, where a state governor could truncate the lifespan of a local government council which evolved through the democratic process of elections, is ‘for overriding public interest’ in a period of emergency.”

He upheld the earlier decision of the Court of Appeal on the issue and adopted the orders made by the Court of Appeal on the case in its judgment delivered on January 23, 2013. The Appeal Court had among others, ordered the Ekiti State Government to compute and pay all the allowances and salaries accruable to members of the dissolved councils between October 29, 2010 and December 19, 2011, both dates inclusive. Justice Nweze directed the Attorney- General of Ekiti State to ensure that the orders of the lower court (Appeal Court) affirmed in his judgment, are complied with.
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The Nation.

CilicMarin:
Just To Remind Us, It Is Almost 4 Years Of President Buhari's Tenure, And We Are Yet To Be Islamized...

We have my brother. Probably you are thinking he will change Nigeria name to Islamic Republic of Nigeria, no, all he needs to do is to ensure all sensitive posts and positions are occupied by the Muslims and encourage Muslims domination in all areas. These and many more he has done.

You have my support.

Their reactions are expected, they talked like students they are. After all, somebody is still paying their bills. When they get to the real labor markets, their responses will change.

sehin79:
kanu the big fool so if you add weight your facial and ear structure would not change abi..
comparing 2 completing different pictures...

... And weight will replace lost or cut hear too?

APC's official language is LIE. If in doubt, ask LAI Mohammed.

When I saw the news earlier I was looking for Yinka Odumakin's name, the moment I noticed he was not the writer, I knew somebody is up to something.

O ma ṣe o

It is a trick to recolonise those small small Africa countries. China is scared of Nigeria.