Kwara Govt shuts OYun Baptist High School over Hijab Crisis

The Kwara State government has shut down Oyun Baptist Secondary School, Ijagbo in Oyun Local Government Area of the state, following the violence that erupted in the school over the controversial hijab dress code.

The State’s Police Command confirmed that dangerous weapons were freely used during the encounter between Muslims and Christians over the use of hijab in the school.

It would be recalled that the state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, had warned stakeholders in the education sector at a meeting that the state government would not tolerate the disturbance of peace in the state by any means.

Meanwhile, spokesman of the state Police Command disclosed that tactical units and conventional policemen deployed to Ijagbo successfully restored peace in the school and are also on ground to ensure that no further breakdown of law and order is allowed.