The embattled law graduate Firdaus Amasa has been finally called to bar in her hijab, seven months after she was first denied. Amasa was denied entrance to the International Conference Centre, Abuja on December 12, 2017, where the call to bar programme was to take place for refusing to remove her hijab. The Body of Benchers and Nigerian Law School her hijab broke their dress codes and was not call to bar. The University of Ilorin law graduate objected against removing her hijab, which she claimed was an infringement on her human right was denied from being inducted as a barrister with her other colleagues. Read more
Amasa Firdaus called to bar in hijab (Guardian)
