Nigeria, July 3 -- The appellate court, in a two-to-one split decision, allowed the appeal filed by the management of ISI against the May 22, 2024 judgment of the lower court.

The dispute arose after 11 female Muslim students approached the Oyo State High Court, alleging that the school's refusal to allow them to wear hijab violated their fundamental rights to freedom of religion.

Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Biobele Georgewill, with Justice K.I. Amadi, concurring, held that the University of Ibadan International School is a private institution, not a public school.

Justice Georgewill ruled that the Supreme Court's earlier decision permitting the use of hijab applied only to public schools in Lagos State and could not be exte...