Ebola: Nigerian girl banned from school for 21 days in US

A Connecticut elementary school in US was on Tuesday sued by a Nigerian father, because his 7-year-old daughter was discriminated against and banned from school for 21 days based on unreasonable fears she might have Ebola.

The little girl Ikeoluwa Opayemi, was said to have attended a wedding along with her father in Lagos, Nigeria earlier between Oct. 2 and Oct. 13, which raised the fear and earned her the 21 days ban.

According to a media report from Reuters, the father of the girl, Stephen Opayemi filed the lawsuit in federal court in New Haven, Connecticut.

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