Stephen
Opayemi has taken the Meadowside Elementary School, in Milford, Connecticut to
court after the school banned his 7-year-old daughter, Ikeoluwa for 21 days, the
normal quarantine period for the disease
A
Nigerian man resident in the US has sued a Connecticut school for banning his
daughter over Ebola
fears.
Stephen Opayemi has filed a complaint against the Meadowside Elementary School,
in Milford,
Connecticut
after the school banned his 7-year-old daughter, Ikeoluwa for 21 days,
the normal quarantine period for the disease.
Opayemi
and his daughter had attended a wedding in Nigeria and this caused panic as
parents and teachers were concerned that she could transmit Ebola to other
children in the school despite the fact that she had not exhibited any
symptoms.
The
aggrieved father filed the suit in a federal court in New Haven, Connecticut
and asked a judge to order the school to allow Ikeoluwa back into class.
The
child’s mother Ikeolapo Opayemi said:
"We're hoping this will get her
back into school as soon as possible."
Nigeria
had 20 Ebola cases and eight deaths before it successfully contained the
disease and was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization on Oct. 20.
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