A JSS1 student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti miss gift Agenoisa, has slammed a suit on the Ekiti Government, at a state High Court, seeking N15 million in damages for violation of her fundamental rights.
The student claimed in the suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 filed at the Ado-Ekiti High Court, on her behalf by Mrs Odunayo Agenoisa, that her suspension from school by the government over the alleged indecent dressing had infringed on her rights.
She described the treatment meted to her by the state government as cruel.
Respondents in the suit are the School Principal, Mrs Oluwasanmi F.M (1st respondent), the Commissioner for Education, Dr Olabimpe Aderiye(2nd), the Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission(3rd), and the Ekiti State Government (4th respondent).
The student claimed in the affidavit attached to the originating summons that she was singled out of Assembly on May 22, and caned 20 times on the order of the school principal for the alleged indecent hairstyle.
In her originating summons deposed to by her counsel, Mr Timmy Omotoso and brought under Order 2 rules 1,3,4,5 and 6 of the fundamental rights enforcement procedure rules 2009 as preserved by Section 315 of the 1999 constitution.
She also demanded her immediate reinstatement back to school with unhindered access to all services being rendered therein.
The plaintiff claimed that the beating she got that day, resulted in bruises, life-threatening scars, and bloodstains on her uniform, adding that she fainted and was rushed to the police clinic in Ado- Ekiti, where she was resuscitated.
She claimed further that her letters of protest to the wife of Ekiti Governor and some relevant government agencies were not responded to, hence, her resorting to legal action to seek redress
Credit: The Nation