The Ministry of Interior has clarified reports circulated on social media that a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared all Marriages conducted by Ikoyi marriage registry to be illegal and invalid says the statement is false and misleading.
In a statement released by the Permanent Secretary/Principal Registrar of Marriages, Dr. Shuaib Belgore on Tuesday.
The Ministry describes the report as a deliberate distortion of the decision of the Court in Suit No: FHC/L/CS/816/18 between Eti-Osa Local Government Council & 3 others v. Honourable Minister of Interior and 2 others, where the Honourable Court held that only the Local Government councils can conduct valid marriages in Nigeria.
The Ministry explained that, “there was existing court judgements that enpowers the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Interior to conduct marriages in Nigeria and held that the Local Governments were delegated by the Federal Government to conduct marriages, by virtue of Legal Notices issued pursuant to the Marriage Act.
The General Public is invited to note that these judgments are all still subsisting, competent and have not been appealed against till date.”
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