JSS1 student sues Ekiti Govt, seeks N15m damages
AJSS1 female student at Mary Immaculate Secondary School , Ado- Ekiti, Miss Gift Agenoisa, has sued the Ekiti Government before a state High Court, seeking N15m in damages for breach of fundamental human rights. In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to at the Ado-Ekiti High Court on her behalf by Mrs. Odunayo Agenoisa, the student claimed that her suspension from school by government infringed on her rights. The plaintiff described as “cruel and inhuman” the alleged treatment meted to her for coming to school with “indecent hairstyle.” Joined in the suit are the school principal, Mrs. Oluwasanmi F.M (first respondent), the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Olabimpe Aderiye (second respondent), the Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission (third respondent) and the Ekiti State Government (fourth respondent). In the affidavit attached to the originating summons, the plaintiff claimed that she was singled out of school assembly on May 22, and given 20 lashes of on the order of the school principal for “indecent hairstyle.” In her originating summons deposed to by her counsel, Mr. Timmy Omotoso, and brought pursuant to Order 2 …
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