Christians Protest Gov Aregbesola's Plot to Islamise Osun Schools, Students Attend Lectures in Choir Robes, Hijabs, Raincoats

Governor Raugh Aregbesola’s move to Islamise  Osun State education system

met with stiff resistance from Christians especially missionary schools,

who ordered their wards and students to go to school in choir robes and

rain coats.
The development followed an earlier court judgement authorising female

muslim students to attend lectures dorning hijab in missionary schools

other than the approved school uniforms.
Students of secondary schools in the state showed up in school on Tuesday

dressed in choir robes, rain coats and hijabs which did not attract any

sanctions from the school authorities who are also caught up in the

religious divide.
Governor Rauph Aregbesola, a muslim, has, however, warned against students

dressing up in unauthorised uniforms. He threatened to expel students

involved in such practice.
But students of Baptist High School, Iwo, exchanged banters and hailed

each other for coming to school in different religious garments and

maintained cordial relationship with each other.
Governor Aregbesola, who spoke during the commissioning of St. Michaels

Government Middle School, Ibokun, said it was wrong for a section of

people to have directed some innocent students to wear choir robes to

school against a court judgment.
“Government is not interested in any religion as being speculated. My goal

is to improve education standard in the state”, he said.

But the Osun State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)

recently accused Governor Aregbesola of planning to islamise the state by

adopting the use of hijab as an instrument.
Chairman of its youth wing, Mr Owo-Ofe Nicholas, said  it would resist

Aregbesola’s agenda to islamise the state.
“We believe this is the process of Aregbesola Islamisation agenda in the

state which was earlier stated in 2012 by the Directorate of Military

Intelligence and corroborated by OS-CAN in 2014. The Christian youths will

oppose this dubious agenda.
“Justice Falola's judgement is simply a violation of religious rights of

the original owners of Christian missionary schools as agreed upon when

the schools were taken over by Oyo state government in 1975.

“Implementing the judgment will show the whole world that Aregbesola led

administration is trying to disturb the peace that the state is enjoying.

“We want to call on all the security operatives, DSS, Police, Civil

Defence to advice the state government accordingly on the security

implication of implementing such judgment.
“We will like to emphasise that we are not challenging the right of muslim

students to wear hijab for the propagation of Islam in public schools.

“What we are saying is that this should not be extended to schools that

are originally owned by Christian missions as contained in the Osun State

National Inter-Religions Council (NIREC) agreement of 2014.

“Should the State government decide to implement the judgement, the State

YOWICAN will mobilise and instruct all our YOUTHS in different Blocs and

schools to start wearing their Christian garments  as part of their school

uniform for propagation of our faith.
“We are using this medium to ask Osun State Government not to implement

the judgement of Justice Saka Jide Falola which he delivered on Friday 3rd

June, 2016 that muslim female pupils in all public schools should be

allowed to wear hijab to schools without any harassment or molestation”,

he said.
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