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  A female Muslim student of the Online Distance Learning of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, had her niqab (veil) brutally pulled off from behind by an official of the institution on Wednesday, 17 th November, 2021. The incident occurred in public during the semester’s face-to-face interaction. Reacting to the incident, an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on the Oyo State Government to set up a panel to investigate the matter.     MURIC made the demand in a brief statement issued on Thursday, 18 th  November, 2021 by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     The statement reads :   “A female Muslim student of the Online Distance Learning (ODL) of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, had her niqab (veil) brutally pulled off from behind by an official of the institution on Wednesday, 17 th  November, 2021. The incident occurred in public during the semester face-to-face in