A junior secondary school student of Immaculate Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti, Gift Agenoisa, had sue Ekiti state government.
Daily Episode learned that the student was punished and suspended for indecent hairstyle.
The student seeks N15m damages over breach of her fundamental human right as claimed in a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to, at the Ado-Ekiti High Court, on her behalf by her mother Odunayo Agenoisa, the student of Immaculate Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti, claimed her suspension infringed on her rights.
Also Joined in the suit are the school principal, Oluwasanmi F.M, the education commissioner Olabimpe Aderiye, Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission, and Ekiti state government.
Agenoisa claimed the principal of the school had on May 22 ordered for a teacher to cane her 20 times in an assembly for an indecent hairstyle.
In summons by her counsel, Timmy Omotoso, she demanded N15 million in damages for her suspension and an immediate reinstatement to school with unfettered access to all services.
She claimed the beating resulted in bruises, life-threatening scars, and bloodstains on her uniform.
She added she fainted and was rushed to the police clinic in Ado- Ekiti, where she was resuscitated.
She said she resorted to a legal suit after her letters of protest to the wife of Ekiti Governor and some relevant government agencies were not responded to.
She added that she was being denied access to the school premises and her class, on the orders of the principal since then.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on May 22, Agenoisa’s father, a Police Sergeant, Elijah, allegedly mobilized four armed policemen to the school to manhandle some teachers for scolding his daughter who was said to have come to school with an indecent hairdo against the school rules and regulation. (NAN
