livinbygrace:
Lol!!All marriages have been canceled and nullified ,so go back to reapply .Thank you

alexialin:
Couples who want "out" in their marriages , will just thank God and say O pe o!
No need for rigorous and prolong divorce case .
Honey , its over mehn! This marriage is non existent from the get go! .... Whippeee!
Oya let's stop fooling ourselves . We are done !

Yes! :DThe court also held that the marriages of those that were issued the Unified marriage certificates are GOOD and VALID ,just that the wrong certificates were issued to them.If you are affected by this judgment, just take the wrong certificate to where it was issued and you will be reissued the form E. DASSOL!
But na wa o!
Thank God am not married yet.

alexialin:
Couples who want "out" in their marriages , will just thank God and say O pe o!
No need for rigorous and prolong divorce case .
Honey , its over mehn! This marriage is non existent from the get go! .... Whippeee!
Oya let's stop fooling ourselves . We are done !

Yes!

The court also held that the marriages of those that were issued the Unified marriage certificates are GOOD and VALID ,just that the wrong certificates were issued to them.If you are affected by this judgment, just take the wrong certificate to where it was issued and you will be reissued the form E. DASSOL!


But na wa o!
Thank God am not married yet.

livinbygrace:
Lol!!All marriages have been canceled and nullified ,so go back to reapply .Thank you

sleazy5:
From what I understand, local government have not been barred from issuing marriage certificates. they have only been barred from issuing certificates which are not in conformity with Form E under section 24 of the Marriage Act. Thus to this extent certificates issued by local governments and called Modified Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate is null and void.
All what needs to be done is for the local government to recall all certificates issued and called Modified Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate and re-issue the appropriate certificate recognized by Form E under section 24 of the Marriage Act.

The poster above the poster above me rushed to comment without reading...and stole my FTC

sleazy5:
From what I understand, local government have not been barred from issuing marriage certificates. they have only been barred from issuing certificates which are not in conformity with Form E under section 24 of the Marriage Act. Thus to this extent certificates issued by local governments and called Modified Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate is null and void.
All what needs to be done is for the local government to recall all certificates issued and called Modified Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate and re-issue the appropriate certificate recognized by Form E under section 24 of the Marriage Act.

Dinobi77:
It's not the marriages that re annulled, but the certificate issued by the councils aren't legal, they were supposed to be exact type authorized by the federal govt. One only needs to apply for reissue, THE MARRIAGES ARE NOT ANNULLED.

Rexology:
The court also held that the marriages of those that were issued the Unified marriage certificates are GOOD and VALID ,just that the wrong certificates were issued to them.If you are affected by this judgment, just take the wrong certificate to where it was issued and you will be reissued the form E.

XKZ:









Do you know if it's all LGAs in Nigeria that issued the illegal certificate or only those in Lagos

alexialin:





UV mixed up your words with mine !

Take wrong certificates to be issued good ones indeed .
But the E.Dassol form they will refill again, is it not the husband and wife that will fill the form?
If any one of the couple wants out ? He or she will simply refuse to refill any form with the other . And the marriage is null and void no more going to court again for divorce .
Except they still want to be together , then they can both refill the form again.

Mehn my friend will be so happy today , while her estranged husband always threatening about their court marriage will be so infuriated
Lemme quickly rush to her house .. Brb guys

sleazy5:


To be honest the applicability of this is restricted to Lagos state untill it is tested in a superior court like the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court.
Also bear in mind that the Court which delivered the judgement is a High court. A High Court sitting in Akwaibom state is not bound by this decision.

XKZ:


Thanks a lot for throwing more light...

But since the applicability is restricted to Lagos why was the Ministry of the Interior so eager to act on it, even writing to foreign embassies

seunlayi:
I laugh......... Thousands of homes about to be destroyed by this judgement

sleazy5:


on this I can't say...they might have an explanation for issuing the directive... But then this decision is only applicable to Lagos state and the local governments only to the extent that they issued the wrong marriage certificates.

Pavore9:
Glad it does not nullify those already with the certificates.

XKZ:



Your friend might not be so lucky...

Section 166 of our Evidence Act provides that court will presume
marriage where there is cohabitation as husband and wife by man
and woman.


If she wants out she should go get a divorce

firefox4th:
But my certificate was issued by a local govt and form E is written on it I saw something like section 24 as well. I believe my own is authentic despite being by a lg.