Nigeria, July 7 -- Parents of Muslim students at the International School, University of Ibadan, have accused the principal of the school, Phebean Olowe, of precipitating another crisis in the school through the alleged harsh treatment of female students demanding to be allowed to wear the hijab.

The International School Ibadan (ISI) Muslim Parents Forum made the accusation on Saturday in Ibadan.

The parents alleged that the school authorities were harassing female Muslim students for using the hijab outside the school.

The use of hijab in the school has since November 2018 been generating controversies, which made parents of some Muslim students sue the school, its principal, University of Ibadan and Chairman of the Board of Governors...