Muslim Girl Sue JAMB, Pefti For Forcing Her To Remove Her Hijab During The Last UTME

Miss Lawal Hameedat Adenike Olamide has sued the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board for forcing her to remove her Hijab or forget about writing the University Tertiary Matriculation Examination. 

Because she is a minor, Miss Lawall sued JAMB and Pefti through her mother, Mrs Basirat Ojo Oba, stating that JAMB’s CBT Center violated her fundamental human rights and infringed on her rights to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.

Miss Lawal, through her counsel Qousim A. Opakunle, Esq, is demanding, among others, an order of the court mandating JAMB and PEFTI to independently write to her apologizing for violating her fundamental human rights and also publish the apology letter in two national daily newspapers.

She also demands compensation from both defendants for violating her fundamental human rights.

According to Miss Lawal, in her relief asked the court to declare that any rules made by the Defendants making the removal of hijab used for religious purposes by any female candidate of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board examination is illegal, null, and void and a contradiction to the provisions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

She also asked the court to declare that any rules made by the Defendants that force her to remove her hijab, adorned for religious purposes and making the removal a pre-condition for her to write the Joint Admission and Matrculation Board Examination on 25th April, 2025 at the PEFTI CBT Center of 32 Oyo  Road Coco Cola Area, Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State violates her fundamental human right guaranteed and provided in section 38, subsection (1)(2) and (3) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.