A private university in Nigeria has been criticised for punishing students by shaving a strip into their hair. Punch newspaper has tweeted some of the pictures of the students:
The newspapers have differing accounts as to why the students’ hair was shaved at the Christian Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State.
One site, The Pulse, says the punishment was doled out to students who were not carrying bibles.
Another, Naija, says the punishment was for not going to all the religious services during Easter.
But, as Punch reports, they all agree that the University has come under an onslaught of criticism.
Among the disapproval is the accusation that the university is treating the students like children, that the students’ right to dignity was not taken seriously and that it was unhygienic to use the same clippers on multiple students.
The university has not yet commented in the Nigerian press.