The Federal High Court has declared that all marriages conducted at Ikoyi Marriage Registry are illegal and void. What this means is that in the eyes of the law, those couples were never married.
They argued that the interior ministry and its agents under the Marriage Act can only issue or grant licences to authorise intending parties to marry, contract or celebrate marriages. In that suit, Mr Obiozor listed lawful bodies or authorities which can celebrate or contract marriages to include “registrars in places designated as an office; recognised ministers of religion in a licensed place of worship; marriage contracted under the license granted by the director-general, ministry of internal affairs , director-general of a state government in charge of marriages, any officer in the aforementioned ministries, and of course, the minister of internal affairs.
The ministry directed the marriage registries in the local governments to obtain approval from federal marriage registries so as to continue to conduct marriages in accordance with the marriage act.
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