The Oyo State High Court has ruled that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, cannot force female candidates sitting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to remove their hijab before taking the examination, declaring the practice unconstitutional, illegal, null and void. For Muslim girls seeking admission into tertiary institutions, the ruling settles a question that has repeatedly surfaced at examination centres: they cannot be compelled to remove their hijab as the price for writing the UTME. The court held that such a condition infringes the constitutional right to freedom of religion. The judge also held PEFTI Film Institute Ltd, which operated the CBT centre where the incident occurred, liable alongside JAMB for violating the claimant’s fundamental rights. The claimant had asked the court to determine whether the defendants’ policy requiring Muslim female candidates to remove their hijab before sitting the UTME violated the guarantees of religious freedom contained in Sections 38 and 1(1) and (3) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.