Ebola Saga: Nigerian Dad Sues Elementary School In The US

A Nigerian dad based in the US, Stephen Opayemi, has dragged an elementary school in Connecticut to court for banning his seven-year-old daughter from attending school for 21 days based on irrational fears over Ebola.
According to Reuters report, Opayemi filed the lawsuit in federal court in New Haven, Connecticut and asked a judge to order the Meadowside Elementary School, in Milford, Connecticut, to immediately return his daughter to third-grade class.
It was gathered that the affected daughter recently attended a wedding in Nigeria and she has not experienced any symptoms associated with Ebola and her health is fine. The lawsuit however stated that parents and teachers in the elementary school were concerned she could transmit Ebola to other children. “We’re hoping this will get her back into school as soon as possible,” the girl’s mother, Ikeolapo Opayemi, said in a brief interview at their home.
When asked if she was surprised by the school system’s actions, the mother, who said they had lived in Milford for more than six years, nodded in agreement. The Connecticut third-grader, Ikeoluwa Opayemi, traveled with her father to and from Lagos, Nigeria, between 2-13 October, according to the lawsuit.
Investigation revealed that African communities in the United States have reported an increasing amount of ostracism since the Ebola epidemic began. Also, no fewer than two speeches by Liberians have been canceled by U.S. universities, and a college in Texas refused admission to Nigerian students over worries about the virus.