13/02/2025
MSSN warns Moor Plantation Provost Owosibo against threatening to expel female students wearing niqob, says ‘end your tenure in peace’
The statement signed by Amir of the Area Unit, Mallam Hussayn Adepoju and PRO of the Area Unit, Mallam AbdulRahman Elegbede, and issued on February 11, 2024, criticised the provost’s stance as an infringement on religious freedom and urged him to “end his tenure in peace” rather than create unnecessary tension.
The statement said; The attention of the leadership of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Oyo State Area Unit, has been drawn to a disturbing statement credited to the Provost of the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan (FCAH&PTIB), popularly known as Moor Plantation.
“The Provost, Dr. Adekoya Olatunde Owosibo, reportedly threatened to dismiss any female Muslim student wearing the veil (Niqob) from the institution. In his exact words, He said, “Note that PURDAH (NIQOB) Students is not allowed. Any students caught violating the above regulations will be disallowed into all college official engagements and he/she stands the risk of being dismissed from the college”
“This outrageous and disgraceful statement was allegedly made on Friday, February 7, 2025, during the school’s matriculation ceremony. It appears to be a deliberate attempt to intimidate innocent Muslim students who choose to wear the veil in obedience to the dictates of their faith.
“We wish to remind the Pastor-turned-Provost that the school podium is not his church altar, that Moor Plantation is a public institution with students of diverse religious backgrounds, and that the college is neither his personal property nor an extension of his religious establishment.
