A human rights activist working at the Supreme Court of Nigeria Malcolm Omirhobo caused a scene when he appeared at the Court premises in traditional apparel after the court approved the use of hijab in schools.
This happened on Thursday, June 23, 2022.
Omirhobo said that his decision to dress in his native wear to work was in line with the Supreme Court judgment in favour of Muslim students wearing their hijab in Lagos schools.
Recall that the Supreme Court had overruled Lagos State on its restriction of head covering (hijab) by female Muslim students of public schools in the State.
According to Omirhobo who spoke to Channels Television, he is a traditionalist and has missed wearing his native wears until the Supreme Court gave its judgment on Friday, June 17, 2022.
“I am a traditionalist. I have been missing all along until the Supreme Court gave the judgment on Friday that people can now appear in their religious attires of worship in their school and public school for that matter”.
“So, in the circumstance, I just interpreted everything and said they have done the right thing by guaranteeing more of our rights under Section 38 of the Constitution that gives Nigerians the freedom of thought, conscience, and religion from that decision that female students can wear hijab because it is the mode of their worship and any attempt to stop them from wearing it amounts to a violation of their fundamental right. I said, ‘It is good!’
“So, I said I need to also be appearing in my religious attire of worship because it is good for man to be with God all the time. This is my mode henceforth”, he said.
