‘Lawyer who wasn’t called to bar for wearing Hijab insulted us when we begged her to remove it’ -Twitter user recounts

The Nigerian Judicial system has been hit with controversy this week, after a lady, Firdaus, who wore a hijab to her Call to Bar ceremony, was turned back.

Twitter user @Stef_23rd who claimed to be present when the incident happened, said they begged the lady to remove her Hijab so she can be called, but she refused and instead hinged on insulting them.

Here’s the tweet thread revealing what happened at the event;