The Federal Government said marriages consummated in Ikoyi Registry are valid and dismissed reports that a court invalidated marriages held at registries.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, said in a statement that the judgment as reported will amount to a contradiction.
The statement reads: “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 & three others v. Honourable Minister of Interior and 2 others, where the…