Banky W has declared his wife, Adesua Etomi a baby mama after a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi granted a ruling in favour of Nigerian Local Government registries only, to conduct marriages.
An ongoing legal dispute between the Local Government Areas and the Federal Government for the determination of who has the power to operate marriages and issue valid marriage certificates has officially ended.
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi ruled in favour of Eti Osa Local Government, granted their prayers and stated that it is statutorily the job of the local governments as provided by law.
It added that the act of granting marriage certificates is clearly beyond the powers of the Federal Ministry of Interior to which Ikoyi Marriage registry belongs.
In a post in https://barristerng.com, “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.”
Nigerian Singer, Banky W, like many Lagosians, had thought that he legally married his wife at the prestigious Ikoyi Marriage Registry.
Banky W who was legally joined by the Ikoyi marriage registry to the love of his life, Adesua Etomi, in 2017, took to Twitter to refer to his wife as baby mama.
He now has to redo the wedding at a local government registry before a usurper and a strange woman turns up.
The information as posted in https://barristerng.com by Bridget Edokwe:
All Marriages conducted by the Ikoyi Marriage Registry are illegal and Invalid
DECEMBER 13, 2021
“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.
“They 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.“
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