The Kwara State Government has urged parties in the Hijab crisis to embrace peace and respect the government’s lawful directive.
This was made known as the government sent a delegation led by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Mamman Jibril, to Ijagbo in the Oyun Local Government Area of the state, where crises over hijab had recorded at least one death and several others injured.
Other members of the delegation included the Commissioner for Local Government Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Architect Aliyu Saifuddeen; Commissioner for Environment, Buraimoh Olaitan; Special Assistant to the Governor on Religion (Islam) Alhaji Danmaigoro; and a former Christian Association of Nigeria Chairman in Kwara State, Prof. Timothy Opoola.
According to a statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, the delegates are “to persuade both parties in the hijab question to embrace peace and respect government’s lawful directive.
“It also commiserated with the people on the aftermath of the controversy at the Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, in which one person died and left others with varying degrees of injury.”
Jibril who led the delegation while delivering the governor’s message, charged the people to live peacefully and harmoniously with each other, in order to prevent the recurrence of the ugly situation.
He advised against reprisals which would only lead to a cycle of violence and damage to the economy of the area.
He stressed that the crisis would have been averted if those involved had obeyed the rules and regulations in Kwara State public schools, on the use of hijab for willing Muslim students.
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