The court of appeal in Lagos has nullified the judgment of a federal high court which restrained the federal government from further registering marriages within some local government councils in the country.
In a suit marked FHC/ LS/CS/816/18, Eti Osa LGA of Lagos state had taken the ministry of interior to court, challenging its power to operate marriage registries, conduct weddings and issue marriage certificates.Egbor LGA, Edo state; Owerri Municipal LGA, Imo state; and Port Harcourt City LGA, Rivers state.agreed that local governments are statutorily empowered to conduct weddings and issue certificates.
“I am therefore of the considered view that the restriction imposed by the lower court directing the 1st Cross Respondent to only conduct, celebrate and contract marriages in the marriage registries situated at Ikoyi, Lagos, and Federal Capital Territory Abuja is wrong and erroneous,” the court held.
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