Suspended Student Sues Govt, Demands N15m Damages

A junior secondary student has sued the Ekiti State government
seeking N15 million in damages over alleged breach of fundamental
rights after she was suspended over disciplinary matters.

Gift Agenoisa, who is a JSS1 student of Mary Immaculate
Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti, was suspended for alleged indiscipline
and assault on a teacher by her parents.

In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to at the Ekiti State
High Court in Ado Ekiti on her behalf by her mother, Mrs. Odunayo
Agenoisa, she claimed that her suspension from school by government
after her parents allegedly beat up some teachers for punishing her
for indecent dressing and gross indiscipline, infringed on her
rights.

The plaintiff described as cruel and inhuman the alleged
treatment meted to her for coming to school with the so-called
indecent hairstyle.

Joined 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 she was on May 22 given 20 lashes at the
school assembly resulting in bruises, life-threatening scars,
bloodstained uniform and fainting.

The student was suspended after her father, a police sergeant,
Elijah Agenoisa, on May 22 allegedly mobilized four armed policemen
to manhandle some teachers in the school for scolding his daughter
who was accused of coming to school with an indecent hairdo against
the school rules and regulation.

Meanwhile, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye has adjourned the case to
September 22 for hearing.

A junior secondary student has sued the Ekiti State government
seeking N15 million in damages over alleged breach of fundamental
rights after she was suspended over disciplinary matters.

Gift Agenoisa, who is a JSS1 student of Mary Immaculate
Secondary School, Ado-Ekiti, was suspended for alleged indiscipline
and assault on a teacher by her parents.

In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to at the Ekiti State
High Court in Ado Ekiti on her behalf by her mother, Mrs. Odunayo
Agenoisa, she claimed that her suspension from school by government
after her parents allegedly beat up some teachers for punishing her
for indecent dressing and gross indiscipline, infringed on her
rights.

The plaintiff described as cruel and inhuman the alleged
treatment meted to her for coming to school with the so-called
indecent hairstyle.

Joined 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 she was on May 22 given 20 lashes at the
school assembly resulting in bruises, life-threatening scars,
bloodstained uniform and fainting.

The student was suspended after her father, a police sergeant,
Elijah Agenoisa, on May 22 allegedly mobilized four armed policemen
to manhandle some teachers in the school for scolding his daughter
who was accused of coming to school with an indecent hairdo against
the school rules and regulation.

Meanwhile, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye has adjourned the case to
September 22 for hearing.