The federal government says the reports that a federal high court sitting in Lagos has declared all weddings conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry are “false and misleading”.
The Eti Osa LGA of Lagos state had in a suit marked FHC/ LS/CS/816/18 taken the ministry of interior to court challenging its power to operate marriage registries, conduct weddings and issue marriage certificates.
Giving judgment, a federal high court in Lagos had ruled that the LG councils are statutorily responsible for issuing marriage certificates in Nigeria.
The development had sparked reactions, with several reports claiming that the court nullified all weddings conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry.
However, in a statement issued on Tuesday, the ministry of interior said the reported annulment of weddings conducted by the registry are a “deliberate distortion” of the court’s decision.
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