A Nigerian father residing with his immediate family in United States has dragged the school his 7-year-old daughter attends to the law court after she was barred from the school for 21 days over fear of Ebola after she visited Nigeria for a wedding ceremony.
The father, Stephen Opeyemi(pictured) who formerly worked for Procter & Gamble before he relocated to US about 6 years ago, sued a Connecticut elementary school on Tuesday, saying his 7-year-old daughter was discriminated against and banned from school for 21 days based on irrational fears of Ebola because she attended a wedding in Nigeria.
Stephen Opayemi filed the lawsuit in federal court in New Haven, Connecticut. He asked a judge to order the schools in Milford, Connecticut, to immediately permit his daughter to return to her third-grade class.
Opayemi’s daughter, Ikeoluwa, has not experienced any symptoms associated with Ebola and her health is fine, but parents and teachers were concerned she could transmit Ebola to other children, the lawsuit says.
The Connecticut third-grader, Ikeoluwa Opayemi, traveled to and from Lagos, between Oct. 2 and Oct. 13, and was told by school officials not to return to school until Nov. 3, according to the lawsuit.
