Osun state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, OS-CAN, has
warned that if Governor Rauf Aregbesola proceeds with implementing the
recent State High Court judgment on wearing of Hijab by Muslim students,
Christian students will start wearing church garments to the state
public schools.
This was contained in a communiqué issued and signed by the state CAN
Chairman, Rev. Elisha Ogundiya, at the end of an emergency meeting of
the state CAN Executive Committee of Heads of Blocks and Heads of
Churches held in Osogbo on Tuesday.
The meeting deliberated on the outcome of the Hijab case with
particular reference to the 3 June, 2016 judgment of Hon. Justice Saka
Oyejide Falola of the Osun State High Court sitting at Court No. 5
Osogbo and resolved to, among other things, appeal the verdict.
According to the communiqué, “OS-CAN states that it finds itself
unable to agree with the judgement in its entirety as we have reasons to
believe that it represents a study in premeditated adjudication that
runs against the printed grain of legal submissions made before him. We
have unanimously decided to appeal the judgement.
“Specifically speaking, Justice Saka Oyejide Falola deeply violated
the principle of fair hearing when he refused and or failed to hear, let
alone rule, one way or the other, on the application for a joinder in
the case properly filed and brought to his attention in open court by
the interested parties whose schools were taken over forcefully by the
government and stood to be affected by the judgment he later proceeded
to deliver.”
DAILY POST
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