From Clement Adeyi, Osogbo

THE Osun State chapter of the Christian Associa­tion of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday, filed a stay of ex­ecution on the court’s judgment delivered by Jus­tice Saka Falola on June 3, 2016, which legalised wearing of hijab in public schools.

The association’s chairman, Reverend Elisha Ogundiya disclosed this during a solidarity visit to the state CAN headquarters in Osogbo by the South-West leaders of the association.

CAN leaders from across the state’s 30 local governments and Ife-East Area Office, Modakeke, attended the parley amid a heavy presence of the police and other security agencies.

CAN representatives from Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti and Ondo states, yesterday, stormed the state and ex­pressed their support for the state Christian com­munity on the controversial judgment as well as their readiness to fight against any form of Islami­sation agenda by Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

Reverend Aro, Secretary of South-West CAN, who spoke on behalf of the association’s Zonal Chairman, Archbishop Magnus Atilade, warned that any attempt by Muslim students to wear Hi­jab to schools after an appeal had been filed would mean that CAN too would ensure that all man­ners of church garments would be worn to public schools in the state.