helinues:
Na the certificate dey invalid not the marriage

So, what else is your evidence of being married? (especially those who did only Registry at Ikoyi)

I believe they will head to Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is most likely to over turn this ruling.
An appeal could be filled as early as tomorrow

Marriage registries shouid be in every lg. Marriage, birth and death registrations are responsibility of LG.
Job of FG is supervision through ministry of interiors.

alizma:
This news is like Christmas gift to some Nigerians. Don't ask me why

You have no idea the number of Nigerians that will be deported with this exposé.
Oh no! You don't.

Official divorce....

sonnie10:
I believe they will head to Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is most likely to over turn this ruling.
An appeal could be filled as early as tomorrow

The Supereme Court is handicapped on Constitutional matters, it can only be amended by acts of the joint House of the National and State Assemblies.

Godswillu:
I don't think they know the implications of what they are saying.
The court should have put a time frame. May be effectively from January 1 2022. Ikoyi Marriage Registry should stop conducting marriage.

Lol..

A time frame?

When the law has been in existence since forever?

This is very harsh. They would have said the future not the past. How do they make people feel?
What about those who HD lost their spouses?

This country smh

brosom:
9ja na one hell of a playing ground

Nah comedy indeed

sonnie10:
I believe they will head to Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is most likely to over turn this ruling.
An appeal could be filled as early as tomorrow

The constitution empowers the LGAs to conduct marriages not Ikoyi Registry or the ministry of interior. The supreme court is not a legislative body, they only exist to give interpretation to the letters of the constitution. Need i remind you LGAs is the third tier of government not ikoyi registry nor the ministry of interior!

Confusions everywhere may God help us

Ecne:

You have no idea the number of Nigerians that will be deported with this exposé.
Oh no! You don't.

That's why I said they are very harsh. Because of politics, they refused to consider generations of people involved. It's sheer wickedness.

What do they want people to do?

I need a lawyer to interprete this.

They better appeal b4 embassies throw out applications

descartes400:


The constitution empowers the LGAs to conduct marriages not Ikoyi Registry or the ministry of interior. The supreme court is not a legislative body, they only exist to give interpretation to the letters of the constitution. Need i remind you LGAs is the third tier of government not ikoyi registry nor the ministry of interior!

So what will people that have been married for donkey years do?
Those that have lost their spouses or even divorced. In law, there are checks and balances. The fault is not from the people so they should be considered first. Then you can amend the law for the future.

Besides, one can enter any court in Nigeria like ikoyi registry and marry. Doesn't have to be from your local govt.

eldoradoxx:
Certificate is what shows u are married. If certificate is invalid, then the marriage too is invalid.

Weak logic/superficial understanding
Certificate may be invalid and marriage not invalid. very possible. In such a situation a valid certificate can be issued in the future providing the marriage ceremony was lawful
Certificate validity is not the issue here

Certificate may be invalid with option of remedy by way of amendment re-issuement etc providing the issuer had authority to issue in the first place.

If I graduate in 1982 and a certificate is issued showing 1992 it is invalid but that can be corrected.
It does not invalidate my graduation or time spent. It is a remediable error

So the word "invalid" does not capture the issue

The marriage is unlawful because those conducting the marriage have no authority to conduct it not because the certificate is defective

ogastanlee:
Breaking: All Marriages conducted by the Ikoyi Marriage Registry are illegal and Invalid.

by Stanley Alieke, Esq.

There have been a legal brawl between some Local government Areas of Nigeria against the Federal government simply for the determination of who have the power to operate marriage registries, conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates.

Statutorily, the Local governments are the ones empowered to conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates, for this reason, the LGAs have insisted that their powers to register marriages which is statutorily provided are being usurped by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Interior.

The Eti Osa LOcal Government Area of Lagos state took the Ministry of Interior and Attorney General of the Federation to court in suit no.: FHC/ LS/CS/816/18 between Eti-Osa LGA & 3 others v. Hon. Minister of Interior & 2 others (Federal High Court, Ikoyi Judicial Divaion), where the accused Federal Ministry of Interiors of usurping the Local Governments power to operate marriage registries, conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates.

The prayed the court to declare that the federal government have no business in the conduction of marriages and issuing marriage certificates and order the closure of all marriage registries opened and operated by the federal ministry of interior or through their agents including that of the Ikoyi registry.

The case lingered but recently, the federal High court sitting in Ikoyi held in the favor of the Eti osa local government and granted their prayers.

The court held that conduct of marriages and issue of certificate is statutorily the job of the local governments as provided by the law and only the local governments have the power to do such and the acts of the federal government through the ministry of interior operating marriage registries is clearly beyond their powers.

The court further held that all marriages conducted by federal marriage registries or through their agents are illegal and invalid and the federal high court also ordered for the closure of all federal marriage registries including that of Ikoyi marriage registry with immediate effect.

Stanley Alieke, Esq.
Managing Partner,
Stanley Alieke & Co.
infoitooknow@gmail.com

https://www.arise.tv/all-marriages-conducted-at-ikoyi-registry-illegal-nigeria-court-says/

Opportunity to marry new wife!

Praxis758:
Since FG fail to heed the call for restructuring through constitutional amendment, folks are now using judicial means to achieve their rights being suppressed by the hegemony sitting in Abuja.

Last, last, local and state governments will render some dictatorial contents of the tyrannic 1999 constitution useless through the judiciary.

The 1999 document is tyrannic, satanic, oppressive, retrogressive, archaic and complacent that empowers Abuja at the detriment of our collective progress.


However, will this court judgement invalidate all the precious marriages conducted by the registry?

Chai. Please this is nonsense.

The Court's ruling is in line with the Constitution, not against it.

It's crystal clear that Local Govt Authorities should conduct & issue marriage certificates.

Declaring all marriages conducted illegal ab initio aligns with Voidable law provisions, but why are these provisions selectively applied?

Implications: Return the certificates, Reconduct ur marriages at LGA, refund people their money... Which is easy, which is impossible considering the setting here...

This one na koret gud news ooo. If U sabi wetin I mean

aribisala0:

What has this got to do with restructuring ?

This judgment AFFIRMS the 1999 constitution

We have COVID 19 today NOT BECAUSE of the 1999 constitution

So do not link everything to that constitution.

This judgment does not change the constitutional provision. Rather it reinforces it

No sane constitution empowers central/federal government(s) to conduct marriage. It should be the business of the county/LG.

For your education, this is part of the agitation for restructuring. How do your justify a constitution that put 67 items under concurrent list while leaving the states and LG to be useless.

Go and study the 1999 constitution and see how develish it is. Yes, that document didn't bring covid but it has done greater damage that covid to Nigeria.

aribisala0:
Weak logic/superficial understanding
Certificate may be invalid and marriage not invalid. very possible. In such a situation a valid certificate can be issued in the future providing the marriage ceremony was lawful
Certificate validity is not the issue here

Certificate may be invalid with option of remedy by way of amendment re-issuement etc providing the issuer had authority to issue in the first place.

If I graduate in 1982 and a certificate is issued showing 1992 it is invalid but that can be corrected.
It does not invalidate my graduation or time spent. It is a remediable error

So the word "invalid" does not capture the issue

The marriage is unlawful because those conducting the marriage have no authority to conduct it not because the certificate is defective

You having your wedding in the wrong place, is like you are not married.

You going to an illegal school is a waste of time, your certificate is not useful, you are not employable. You still have to go another school.

Oga reason na...this logic no hard na

My concern is those whom have paid for their registry marriage will they be refunded.

They are committing fornication thinking that they are married.

ogastanlee:
Breaking: All Marriages conducted by the Ikoyi Marriage Registry are illegal and Invalid.

by Stanley Alieke, Esq.

There have been a legal brawl between some Local government Areas of Nigeria against the Federal government simply for the determination of who have the power to operate marriage registries, conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates.

Statutorily, the Local governments are the ones empowered to conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates, for this reason, the LGAs have insisted that their powers to register marriages which is statutorily provided are being usurped by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Interior.

The Eti Osa LOcal Government Area of Lagos state took the Ministry of Interior and Attorney General of the Federation to court in suit no.: FHC/ LS/CS/816/18 between Eti-Osa LGA & 3 others v. Hon. Minister of Interior & 2 others (Federal High Court, Ikoyi Judicial Divaion), where the accused Federal Ministry of Interiors of usurping the Local Governments power to operate marriage registries, conduct marriages and issue marriage certificates.

The prayed the court to declare that the federal government have no business in the conduction of marriages and issuing marriage certificates and order the closure of all marriage registries opened and operated by the federal ministry of interior or through their agents including that of the Ikoyi registry.

The case lingered but recently, the federal High court sitting in Ikoyi held in the favor of the Eti osa local government and granted their prayers.

The court held that conduct of marriages and issue of certificate is statutorily the job of the local governments as provided by the law and only the local governments have the power to do such and the acts of the federal government through the ministry of interior operating marriage registries is clearly beyond their powers.

The court further held that all marriages conducted by federal marriage registries or through their agents are illegal and invalid and the federal high court also ordered for the closure of all federal marriage registries including that of Ikoyi marriage registry with immediate effect.

Stanley Alieke, Esq.
Managing Partner,
Stanley Alieke & Co.
infoitooknow@gmail.com

https://www.arise.tv/all-marriages-conducted-at-ikoyi-registry-illegal-nigeria-court-says/

. I fault this judgement....The constitution empowers the Federal Government to print , issue and contract marriages in Nigeria. The constitution also empowers the Federal government to delegate this authority to local governments. Constitution also empowers the Federal Government to delegate this authority to licensed churches and places of worship. Note that it is a delegated authority enshrined in the constitution. Sadly Local governments in Nigeria are printing their own certificates and usurping the right of the federal government . The federal government instituted a case on the matter and the lower court held that only the federal government should coordinate wedding matters in Nigeria according to the constitution. Dissatisfied the local government appealed the judgement. The appellate court reaffirmed the judgement of the lower Court. Still disatissfied the local governments went to the supreme court. The case is still at the Supreme court since 2018. In my opinion no court has the right to entertain any case that is before the Supreme court. The judgement secured by Eti Osa local government yestrday is just a waste of time and calls for reprimand by the NJC.

ejimatic:
. I fault this judgement....The constitution empowers the Federal Government to print , issue and contract marriages in Nigeria. The constitution also empowers the Federal government to delegate this authority to local governments. Constitution also empowers the Federal Government to delegate this authority to licensed churches and places of worship. Note that it is a delegated authority enshrined in the constitution. Sadly Local governments in Nigeria are printing their own certificates and usurping the right of the federal government . The federal government instituted a case on the matter and the lower court held that only the federal government should coordinate wedding matters in Nigeria according to the constitution. Dissatisfied the local government appealed the judgement. The appellate court reaffirmed the judgement of the lower Court. Still disatissfied the local governments went to the supreme court. The case is still at the Supreme court since 2018. In my opinion no court has the right to entertain any case that is before the Supreme court. The judgement secured by Eti Osa local government yestrday is just a waste of time and calls for reprimand by the NJC.

. As for customary or traditional marriages the constitution empowers only the Local governments to register it as a way of recording it after the contract of the marriages at home by the parties involved.

helinues:


Can the marriage registry disolved the marriage?

You can't separate what's not joined together in the first time?

Ecne:

You have no idea the number of Nigerians that will be deported with this exposé.
Oh no! You don't.

The figure is insignificant compared with the ones that will be deported to their father's house over here

ivolt:

The joke is on you.
If the order is unconstitutional, it will be quashed by a higher court, if not
then it means the local government always has such power but didn't exercise it.

BTW, how many restructuring motions has your rep and senator moved in the house?
You may not even know their names!

FG hardly appeal a sensitive judgement like this because there's higher chance of then loosing.

It takes a willing president to take steps on amending the Constitution, else, any amendment made by the legislature will be effort in futile.

Would you justify Buhari's rejection of the electoral amendment bill sent to him for assent? That tells you that he will surely reject any sane amendment made on the Constitution if it negates interest of his presidency.

Remember this sane Buhari was cry and shouting that Nigeria should be restructured during his days as opposition. That 1999 document only favours them when they're in power but subject them a victim when they're out of power

Oyinlomobambam:


You can't separate what's not joined together in the first time?

To start with,what do the court registry know about the couples that are seeking for certificate of marriage

Mynd44:

Yes. The marriages conducted there never happened as the documents signed are not valid.

I think what is needed now is just for people to walk to their local government, pay and have the documents validated. If not, they are very single, maybe married under common law or traditional law

I believe this judgement is in the best interest of the married but divorced whose partners are dragging properties with them after divorce.