Muslim stakeholders in Offa and Oyun local government councils of Kwara State, Thursday called for the arrest and prosecution of the masterminds of the recent violence that erupted in Oyun Baptist High School Ijagbo, over the use of hijab by female Muslim students in the school.
The call came on the heels of what it alleged as continued threat to Muslim school girls who wear the hijab dress to school by agents of the church in the school since the reopening of the school by the state government.
At a press conference in Ilorin, the Muslim stakeholders asked the state government to ensure that the perpetrators of the killing and maiming are arrested and prosecuted.
It is recalled that on February 3, 2022, Muslims and Christians in the communities were pitched against each other on the issue of hijab by female students in the school, in a violent attack that led to the death one Habeeb Idris while other victims reportedly sustained gunshot injuries.
Led by Salahudeen Mohammed Nurudeen, the Muslim stakeholders asked the government to release the white paper of the panel of enquiry set up on the crisis.
While acknowledging the efforts of the state government at ensuring that peace prevails in schools, the stakeholders lamented that since the reopening of the school by the state government about two weeks ago," the agents of the Church in the school had continued to threaten Muslim schoolgirls who wore their hijab in the school.
"We hereby call on the Kwara State government, as the employer of those members of staff, to call them to order so as to avert another unnecessary crisis and breakdown of laws and order.
"The government should adequately compensate the family of Habeeb Idris and settle all the medical and other expenses of other injured victims.
"Government and its agencies on education should warn and monitor the staff of the affected schools from intimidating our schoolgirls that wear hijab".
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