ISI hijab crisis: Traditional worshippers threaten to encourage local attire

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By Ola Ajayi

IBADAN—LIKE a phenomenon that seemingly defies all applicable solutions, the issue of hijab wearing by some Muslim female students of the International School Ibadan which was initiated by a handful of Muslim parents, last week Wednesday, is yet to abate as the agitators again swooped on the school on Monday with their girls adorning the controversial dress code.

Cross section of Hijab-wearing women during a programme 

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The strange dress code compelled the management of the 55-year old school to shut its gate against the students and their parents.

Later, to avoid breakdown of law and order, the academic activities of the school were put on hold indefinitely.

Though, Chairman, Board of Governors of the 55 year-old school and the Parents/Teachers Association, Professor Adeyinka Aderinto, did not mince words…



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