The subtle protest against the recent rulling of the Supreme Court on wearing of hijab by Muslim students in public schools manifested in Anambra State on Thursday, as a lawyer appeared in a priestly robe before a magistrate in the state.
Onitsha-based lawyer, Ogbachalu Abuchi Goshen, dressed in a combination of a lawyer and priestly robes appeared at a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Okpoko, Ogbaru LGA of Anambra State.
The court proceedings, presided over by Her Worship CB Mbaegbu, were on until a matter was called up and Goshen announced his appearance as a defence counsel, TheSun reports.
According to the report, when the Magistrate told him he could not appear and address the court in that regalia, he objected, citing the recent Supreme Court judgement that gave female students the backing to wear hijab in public schools as a precedent.
As the Magistrate stood her ground that he could not appear in her court dressed as a priest, Abuchi insisted that the objection by the Magistrate was an infringement of his fundamental rights as enshrined in section 38 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Watch the video of his appearance before the court here.
