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Nigerian Bar Association President Supports Hijab, Nigerian Twitter Disagrees

By Njideka Agbo
16 December 2017   |   8:20 am
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, A.B Mahmoud has reacted positively to the Hijab controversy but Nigerian twitter is having none of it. It should be recalled that on the 12th of December, a University of Ilorin student, Amasa Firdaus refused to remove her hijab when asked to before entering the International Conference Centre on…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, A.B Mahmoud has reacted positively to the Hijab controversy but Nigerian twitter is having none of it.

It should be recalled that on the 12th of December, a University of Ilorin student, Amasa Firdaus refused to remove her hijab when asked to before entering the International Conference Centre on the day of her call to bar. As a result, the Body of Benchers refused swearing her in.

Eyewitnesses say that she became aggressively insistent that their action is a violation of her right to freedom of religion which is protected by Section 38 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended).

Meanwhile, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, A.B Mahmoud personally thinks the act of the Body is “needless” and has put a picture of his daughter’s call to bar in New York. In the picture, she is clearly wearing a hijab.

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