The ministry of interior has described the reports that a federal high court sitting in Lagos has nullified all weddings conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry as “false and misleading”.

Several media reports had claimed that a Federal high court nullified all weddings conducted by the Ikoyi marriage registry.

Reacting via a statement issued on Tuesday, the ministry of interior said: “The attention of the Ministry of Interior has been drawn to news making the rounds on social media claiming that the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared all Marriages conducted by Ikoyi marriage registry to be illegal and invalid,”

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“We would like to state that this statement is false, misleading and a deliberate distortion of the decision of the Court in Suit No:FHC/L/CS/816/18 between Eti-Osa Local Government Council & 3 others v. Honourable Minister of Interior and 2 others, where the Honourable Court held that only the Local Government councils can conduct valid marriages in Nigeria.”