IMAGINE THIS! Flogging for indecent hairstyle, JSS1 student sues Ekiti State Govt for N15m for damages

A JSS1 student, Gift Agenoisa who was flogged and suspended for indecent dressing has dragged the Ekiti State Government to court demanding N15m for damages for a breach of her Fundamental Human Rights.

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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.

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 she was singled out on assembly on May 22 and given 20 lashes on the order of the Principal for wearing an indecent hairstyle.

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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.

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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

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